Tag: Spiritual Adventures
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The Learning Side of our Spiritual Adventure
Our spiritual adventures are structured to give our participants much opportunity to learn inwardly and outwardly. Classes are held often, which I conduct, on the days when we are not traveling too much. I love to do the classes outdoors, weather permitting, in the traditional style under a tree,...
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Our spiritual adventure begins!
It’s day 1 of our spiritual and photographic adventure that will take us to the Kumbh Mela festival and north India. Our journey begins here in Kolkata. Our travelers have come from Australia, France, the Caribbean, Hawaii, mainland USA and Argentina. Quite a diverse group but with a common...
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Our next Spiritual Adventure explores Rajasthan
It’s a little over a month before our next spiritual adventure begins. We’ll be heading to North India this time and attending the Kumbha Mela festival as part of it. It will be quite the trip considering that we’ll be journeying across North India from Kolkata in the east all t...
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The Kumbha Mela is, needless to say, a photographers paradise. For those of us who have never been to a Kumbha Mela or never will, it is these men and women that do their best to bring this experience to our doorstep by photographing this exhilarating festival, if it is even possible at all to&he...
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Parade of sadhus at the Kumbh Mela Festival
One of the most amazing things to witness at the Kumbh Mela festival is the parade of sadhus (monks). The parade takes place on the main bathing just before the auspicious time for the dip in the holy Ganges river. Monks parade from their tented areas in thousands to the river. Here are a collect...
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People of Nagaur, Rajasthan (India)
I enjoyed my time in the little town of Nagaur. Located 2 hours north of Jodhpur in state of Rajasthan, India, Nagaur is a little oasis in the desert with literally nothing around it. And there is nothing to do in this town other meets its people and get a flavor of local life. And…
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South Indian Cooking Class
As part of our south Indian cooking class that we has organized we learned about the different types of rice dishes that are prepared in the region. Well, we learned about three dishes at least. They were the curry leaf rice, tomato rice and lemon rice. And the best part is that we got to…
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Hanuman, Hinduism’s beloved Mahadeva (Part 2)
Morning at the Madurai Meenakshi Temple. Tamil Nadu, South India. (Part 2) Within the walls of Madurai’s famed Meenakshi temple we explore the area in front of the Siva Sanctum. The pillars in this area are amazing in beauty and in size, and probably the best in the entire temple. Most of t...
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