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Mar 7, 2014

Bathing Elephants in Hill Stations of Periyar, India

One of our highlights on our recent spiritual adventure in south India was bathing elephants in the hill stations of Periyar. Periyar in the western ghats of Kerala in South India is a refuge of rolling hills, lush green forests, amazing wildlife and countless tea and spice plantations. The western ghats or Sahyadri Mountains run north to south along the western side of India. These hills are the ...

Mar 3, 2014

Morning walk in a Village, South India

Day 3 of our spiritual adventure in South India. Quite a few of us took the opportunity to explore the village that our heritage hotel was located in. We were up early and headed off in different directions exploring the rural life. Here are a few photos from our morning walk.
Jul 21, 2012
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Monk with really long hair

Ok, I admit I could have come up with a more creative blog post title but at least it gets straight to the point. At the Kumbha Mela festival that I attended in Haridwar in 2010 I met a monk with really long hair. He invited me to join him and his devotees around a smoldering lo
Jul 20, 2012

Ganga Aarti at the Kumbh Mela Festival (Part 2)

We continue with our series of photographs highlighting the Ganga Aarti ceremony that takes place at the Kumbha Mela festival in India. We've themed our tour to the Kumbha Mela festival as a spiritual and photography adventure as there's be countless opportunities for photograph
Jul 19, 2012
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Ganga Aarti at the Kumbh Mela Festival (Part 1)

Part of the Kumbha Mela festival is the evening Ganga Aarti celebration down by the banks of the holy Ganges river. Aarti is a Hindu ritual wear an oil lamp or lamps are lit and then waved ceremoniously at a deity. In this case the the holy river is looked open as the deity and t
Jul 14, 2012
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Collection of Kumbha Mela Photos by Anna Kastner

The grand 2013 Kumbha Mela festival is only a little over 7 months away. Quite a few people have signed up for our spiritual adventure to this festival and across north India and we hope you will too. Today, I'd like to share some photos taken by a dear friend of mine, Anna Kast