Tag: Spiritual Adventures
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Chidambaram’s Temple of Love
This afternoon we made our way further south leaving behind the French colonial town of Pondicherry and arriving a couple of hours later in the temple town of Chidambaram. Chidambaram is most well know for its Siva Nataraja temple. Truly it is a temple of love as all are welcome here and treated ...
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More on Chidambaram’s Siva Nataraja Temple
Sacred to Saivite Hindus the world over, this majestic temple complex sprawls over 40 acres and is dedicated to the Hindu god Siva. Here Siva manifests as Lord Nataraja, the Lord of Dance. Although there are many temples in South India dedicated to Siva, five among them are particularly special, ...
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The sights of Mahabalipuram
Up early this morning with the morning mist still hanging over the swimming pool at our beautiful hotel. After a meditation class near the beach, we set off to see more of the sights of Mahabalipuram. First stop is the Shore Temple a 1200 year old temple perched just above the Bay of Bengal. For&...
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No Plate Big Enough
After class we took an evening walk along the promenade in Pondicherry which always seems to be bustling with people. Then we headed into town walking past a lot of the colonial type structures that are very much part of this section of Pondicherry. We ended up in Surguru restaurant and had chana...
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In the sanctum of a sacred temple
We look today at day 3 of our journey where we spent the morning within the sanctum of the Arunachaleswar temple in Tiruvannamalai, South India. The temple is thousands of years old and radiates a spiritual power that is extremely palpable. Our group was blessed to have the opportunity to witness...
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200 Likes and off to India!
Our blog received its 200th “Like”s today as I make my way to India to begin our spiritual adventure this Friday. Thank you everyone for all the Likes. If you haven’t Liked it yet please do so. Participants on the adventure have already begun their journey making their way from ...
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Kitchen of Compassion
The Golden Temple in Amritsar is one of my favorite places for so many reasons. One major reason is that they selflessly feed tens of thousands of people every day. What an act of compassion and service. I came across this video on Vimeo and it’s really well done showing the kitchen at the ...
Read MoreNamaste India
As we get ready for our two upcoming spiritual adventures at the end of January and February to India we share with you this inspiring video we came across on Vimeo. It’s titled Namaste India from Burning Flag. The description of the video reads “A short montage featuring some of the ...
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