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Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022 | Views [109]
Temples & Beach: Thiruvananthapuram & Kovalam
I had a hotel booked on the beach in Kovalam for the last couple of nights and the drive went through Thiruvananthapuram, so I stopped at a couple of the temples before heading further south.... Read more >
Tags: beaches, reflections, temples
Sunday, 11 Dec 2022 | Views [126]
Kerala
Kerala has long held a certain fascination for me. The combination of saltwater sea, freshwater Backwaters, Western Ghats, and lush rainforests evoked a mystical magical world in my imagination, and I thought it would be a fitting place ... Read more >
Tags: historical sites, lake cruises, nature
Friday, 9 Dec 2022 | Photo Gallery
city, Hindu temples
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Friday, 9 Dec 2022 | Photo Gallery
city, history, houseboat, nature
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Sunday, 9 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 9 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
temple
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Sunday, 9 Oct 2022 | Views [94]
Ranikhet to Corbett
Today’s sacred highlights included visits to the Dunagiri Devi Temple in Dwarahat and in Ranikhet, the Jhula Devi Temple and Ram Mandir. The day ended with a very muddy, but nonetheless beautiful, walk through the ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, temples
Saturday, 8 Oct 2022 | Views [117]
Almora, Bagheshwar and Baijnath
The drive from Nainital to Almora consists of windy hill roads with some steep hairpin turns. There was more damage on this stretch of the road from the monsoon rains than even the section from Delhi. ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, on the road, temples
Friday, 7 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
temples and forests
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Thursday, 6 Oct 2022 | Views [112]
Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
The province of Uttarakhand in Northwest India borders Nepal on the east, Tibet on the north, Himachal Pradesh on the west and Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the south. It used to belong to Uttar Pradesh under the ... Read more >
Tags: festival, lakes, temples
Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
Temples
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Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
Lake District and Goddess Sites
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Monday, 22 Sep 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 22 Sep 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 9 Sep 2014 | Views [554]
Here is the link to a video poem "A Tribute to Shiva in Rishikesh." This was a very special statue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjVvXjf8-uI
I hope you enjoy it.
Sunday, 24 Nov 2013 | Views [2140]
I find it fascinating to read the local news sections of the papers in places I am visiting. The articles often portray the values and challenges of the people at that moment in time. I chose just a couple of articles to share with you from ... Read more >
Wednesday, 20 Nov 2013 | Views [2133]
Elephanta Island Caves & Mumbai
Arrived in Mumbai yesterday evening just in time to experience rush hour traffic. The trip into town, that I’m guessing should take about 45 minutes, took well over two hours. LA traffic ... Read more >
Wednesday, 20 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013 | Views [910]
Aurangabad and Ajanta Caves Experiences:
I arrived in Aurangabad after a delayed flight from Goa to Mumbai and a mad dash through the Mumbai airport to get to the connecting flight. I made it, but just in time. The airport in Mumbai ... Read more >
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013 | Views [1086]
Ellora Caves
The Ellora Cave complex is closer to Aurangabad than the Ajanta complex. The drive past the huge 12 th C Deccan fortress of Daulatabad, many Paithani silk weaving and embroidery workshops and Khuldabad, the tomb of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, ... Read more >
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013 | Views [1737]
Ajanta Caves:
The Ajanta Caves contain two kinds of Buddhist art, chaityas/places of worship and viharas/monasteries and were constructed in two major time periods. The first about the 2 nd C BCE and the latter in the 5 th -6 th C CE. After ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 18 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 17 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 15 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 15 Nov 2013 | Views [1458]
Goa Churches, Temples and Museum
Goa is renown for its beaches, but behind the waves and sand lie beautiful rolling lush green jungle draped hills which shelter a number of sacred worship sites. My taxi cab driver told me that Goa is ... Read more >
Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Views [1694]
Tarapith
The flight from Dibrugarh stopped in Dimapur, Nagaland before continuing on to Kolkata. From the plane window I could see lush green forested hills broken only by a few villages/towns with brown roads and waterways. Rivers ... Read more >
Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Views [658]
Highlights from Assam Newspaper articles over the past few days (Sept 22-28,2013):
I thought I’d share some of the main stories from the newspapers and broadcasts over the past few days to give you a sense of what the region and country is ... Read more >
Saturday, 28 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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