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The Great Thar Desert

We continue with our series of photographs from Rajasthan after taking a week long break to cover the recent Hindu Youth Camp in West Virginia that I was invited to teach at. Today's photo was taken at the Great Thar Desert also known as the Great Indian Desert. It is located in the northwestern point of the Indian subcontinent and forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan.

We'll spend one night in the Great Thar Desert during our upcoming 2-week meditation retreat in northwestern India.

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Aug 1, 2011 Children & Youth

Unity, the Beat of a Community

We continue with our coverage of the Hindu Youth Camp at West Virginia University in Morgantown. On the last afternoon of the camp our new African friends invited us to participate in a drum circle that they had planned. Earlier in the day they had attended a yoga and meditation
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Aug 1, 2011 Children & Youth

Music & Dance merges African and Hindu cultures

Watch video highlights from an unforgettable afternoon of two and a half hours filled with African music and dance as Hindu and African youth gather for an unplanned unity of two cultures. Special thanks to Nana, Mwatabu Okantah and Olu Manns for helping facilitate this. To know
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Aug 1, 2011 Speaking

Guided Meditation in New York City

Join our evening guided meditation in a quiet garden in midtown close to Grand Central. This 30-min meditation will take you through some breathing exercises and a simple but effective meditation practice. Class is open to meditation practitioners of all levels. Cost is $10 per
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Jul 29, 2011 Testimonials

Dear Dandapaniji...

Here are extracts from a few of the notes of appreciation and gratitude that I received from various campers. As part of their exercise in expressing appreciation and gratitude to their parents, counselors and a person of their choice, a few of them chose to write me some very th
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Jul 28, 2011 Photography & Travel

A Meeting of Cultures - Africa and India

Today Muni Natarajan and myself were invited to a sacred name giving ceremony that was being conducted on campus here at the West Virginia University by a group of African origin. So it seems that we were not the only ones that are teaching our younger generation about culture, t
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Jul 28, 2011 Children & Youth

Cultural Rendezvous in Yoga

Yesterday we invited our African brothers and sisters to join us in our morning Hatha Yoga and meditation practice. This was something new to most of them. I began the class by leading them through a few rounds of Surya Namaskaram (sun salutations) to get them warmed up and stret
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