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Feb 22, 2012

Lunch with a priest's family

The only way to taste true Tamil cuisine is to be fortunate enough to be invited for lunch with a family. We had that pleasure yesterday when we dined at the home of Kailas Deeksitar, a priest at the spectacular Chidambaram temple. We were greeted by his wife, son and daughter. Both sons also serve as priests at the temple. From this humble kitchen, just a corner of the single room in which t...

Feb 22, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Inside the sanctum of Chidambaram

Through our close connections with the priests of Chidambaram, we were able to go into parts of the vast temple that are rarely seen by outsiders. From an elevated balcony, we can look directly onto the golden roof that covers the inner sanctum where Shiva Nataraja is worship
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Feb 20, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Relaxed cows of Pondicherry

Pondicherry is a beautiful seaside French colonial town. Beautiful 19th century architecture and contented cows (although maybe not as Ben and Jerry envisioned them.)
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Feb 19, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

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 abo
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Jan 6, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

A Spiritual Adventure to South India

Our festivals and temples tour of South India and Malaysia begins on Jan 27th and there is still space for those wishing to join the journey. Here's a video that was put together on a previous trip to South India. It shows us arriving at the Chennai airport then off south to the
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Jan 2, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Arunachala - hill of fire

Arunachala hill, in the pilgrimage town of Tiruvannamalai in South India, has long been a sacred place for Saivite Hindus. The 800m tall hill is located about 100 miles away from Tamil Nadu's bustling capital of Chennai. Each year during the Tamil month of Kartigai (October-No
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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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