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Tag: Swamimalai

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Feb 29, 2012

Making a Kolam

Especially during the harvest season, you'll see many women making kolams outside their homes in the morning. Kolams are beautiful patterns made from rice flour. Besides for decoration purposes it was a way to feed birds and critters. A way to honor that all life is sacred and a tribute to harmonious co-existence. During our recent meditation retreat I captured this lady decorating the area in fr...

Aug 29, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Immersed in the Real India

Jonathan from New York joined our 2010 South Indian Odyssey in January as we made our way through the rich cultural states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Here he shares his experience of being on a Vedic Odyssey spiritual adventure.
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Aug 6, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Casting a Metal Statue, Swamimalai

Suri Narayanan shares and demonstrates to the participants of Vedic Odyssey's 2010 South Indian Odyssey about the traditional process of casting a metal statue. Suri lives in Swamimalai, South India and creates amazing metal statues for temples and homes.
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Aug 3, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

Mike's South Indian spiritual adventure

Mike from Colorado shares his experience of being on Vedic Odyssey's 2-week spiritual adventure to South India in January 2010, the people he met, places he visited and what he got out of it. Here's the link to see more photos, videos and blog postings from the South Indian Odyss
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Jan 27, 2010 Spiritual Adventures

An Amazing Day in Swamimalai

The Anandham Swamimalai is a gorgeous resort built like a south Indian village and its our home for 2 nights. With deer wandering the property, village like thatched roofs above our rooms, coconut trees, paddy fields, cows and more we almost don’t want to leave here for our next
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