Author: Priyanka Dalal
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Beyond the Tourist Trail: Lesser-Known Travel Books for a Different Perspective
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Looking for lesser-known travel book recommendations that are offbeat, adventurous, and sure to satisfy your wanderlust? From spiritual journeys to endangered species, these books offer unique perspectives and inspiring tales of exploration. Read on.
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Jalari Lakshmi Narasimha Temple: Quaint Temple Seen from the Adiyogi, Chikkaballapur
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Nestled amidst the hills, this temple gopuram rises above lush green foliage. Creating almost a mystery of the days of old for the spiritual seeker.
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Ahmedabad to Coimbatore, Solo, Self Driving Road Trip
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Cross-country solo, self-driving road trip from Ahmedabad to Coimbatore. With many halts and explorations as time permitted. :)
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Mahashivratri Pilgrimage, Sadhguru Shiva Yatra: How You Can Join & Other Details
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Sadhguru announced the Shiva Yatra a few years back. He basically asked devotees to walk, cycle or come by bullock cart for the Isha Mahashivratri. The Chennai shiva padyatra has been happening every year since past 10 years! And these yatris sure create a inspirational impact! Now many more city folks have joined in! This…
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Which Cycle To Buy as Beginner For Cycle Touring, Casual Cycling or Commuting? Bicycle Buying Guide India
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Which cycle to buy? Lots of aspects to consider, explained here in a simple and easy to understand manner through my many years of cycling short and long distances in India and abroad. Your bicycle buying guide for India.
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Mahatma Mandir, GandhiNagar #GujaratModel
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A futuristic ‘museum’, where people can live through Gandhiji’s life story in a short hour or two.
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A Song on the Saraswati River, Inspired from Michel Danino’s book
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When Sutlej and Yamuna bid Goodbye to Her, the Mighty Sarasvati bid Goodbye to Us!
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It’s a Lot More Vulnerable to Be Walking Small Roads Than Cycling! Introvert Diaries!
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I have a penchant of exploring routes and roads. Inevitably, I find myself on completely new roads on the map. Smaller trails are most exciting for me – though, I am also very wary of those. Because of dogs, but also potential lack of safety from other dangers. I write this post because today I…
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Will Coimbatore Become a Walkable City with it’s Lake Tracks, Part of #SmartCity Project?
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“The purpose of the Smart Cities Mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially technology that leads to Smart outcomes.“, says the Smart City website (which btw is not very smart, a lot of main pages are not opening at…
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My First Experience of Sadhguru ShriBrahma Guru Pooja Event at Yelanahalli
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Already for a year or so, I was feeling really connected to Sadhguru ShriBrahma. I saw the documentary, pushed Prem anna to discuss the exact places in detail which helped me write the blog on all His pilgrimage spots and, in general, felt really connected. So, it was wonderful that I arrived in Coimbatore in…
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Less Known Gujarat ni Vav, Sihor Stepwell (Brahma Kund), Bhavnagar – Palitana Highway
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Not a lot of people know about this quaint, lovely vav in the town of Sihor, Saurashtra – very short detour off the Bhavnagar – Palitana highway. If you are in the area, do consider visiting and acknowledging the place. You can also visit the shrines, keep some money etc… – if not for the…
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I talk about my first days of cycle touring on Warmshowers bike life podcast :)
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The warm folks at WarmShowers – community for cycle tourers, invited me to talk about my cycle touring adventures on their popular bike life podcast. Had a great time reminiscing my early days of cycle touring – the days when I didn’t know how to use gears on a cycle, had never camped or cycle…
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Famous Temples of Tamil Nadu, My BucketList After Moving To Coimbatore
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I write these bucketlist posts simply to list out the places I want to visit in future. So, I don’t forget them and can plan a trip or detour whenever the opportunity presents itself. When I shifted to Coimbatore, it brought a lot of places very close to me. Ooty is just a few hours…
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Cycle Rides & Temple Visits, Powerful Combination <3
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The other day I cycled down to a friends place. It was a stop on my way back from a cycle trip to a powerful temple. I was telling him that it always helps me if one of the main stops on my cycle trips is a powerful temple or ashram or meditation spot. And…
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Dada Bhagwan Samadhi at Kelanpur Near Vadodara, Gujarat
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Since, I set up my home base in Ahmedabad (outskirts), road trips to Surat have become routine. While my parents prefer the train, I am more particular about the COVID situation. And so during the past year or so, I always preferred to hire a car. And thus, on the car trips from Ahmedabad to…
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My Many Conversations on Perur Temple – Kashi of Tamil Nadu, Western Chidambaram and more
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Roughly 7 km from my rental apartment in Coimbatore’s fun neighbourhood of RS Puram, lies the lovely temple of Perur. I would have passed it by as any other south Indian temple except that people around me keep mentioning this powerful temple. Way back in 2006, when India or the world barely knew about Sadhguru…
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An Agroforester’s Story & Zeal To Change Government Policy
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On my travels, social media interactions and volunteering with various organizations like Isha’s Rally for Rivers project, I came in touch with Ganesan anna. A farmer from Tamil Nadu who was (surprisingly) already active on Twitter. Intrigued, I decided to find out his story. :) On the banks of the Ponnaiyar river, lies one of…
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Picking Up the Threads of My Travel Life, as COVID Mellows Down (for good, hopefully)
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Himachal & Garhwal Religon, Spirituality & Culture, Common Layers
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My first trip to the mighty Himalayas was to Garhwal – Gangotri dham. It was way back in the 2003-ish years. We hadn’t seen a single image of the Himalayas except some calendar brochure shots, which I quickly disbelieved. So, when my mother insisted, and we went upwards from Haridwar to the Gangotri dham, the…
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Iohan Gueorguiev, A Tribute : His videos made my lockdown easier
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His lovely videos made my lockdown easier, but at the same time he was fighting a hard battle. And couldn’t survive it. So saddened to know that he has passed on. Om shanti.
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Modhera Sun Temple Visit, on a warm Sunday morning | Gujarat’s UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Modhera Sun Temple – a complete tirtha kshetra of old. Current state now. And thoughts about Surya Worship.
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Learning to Use the Sleeping Bag at 0°C :) [Podcast]
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From my very cold Australian trip, here’s a Camping podcast :)
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Where to Find Rudraksha Trees in India
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Let’s do some Rudraksha tree spotting :) Here are few online records I could find of Rudraksha trees in India. Please tell me of other places you know of…
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Digital Nomad-ing Through COVID Waves
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“Travelling” is considered irresponsible during COVID waves. But what about digital nomad-ing where we stay at specific places for a few months. And can we do that to skip regional COVID waves?
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Buying a Phone as per my travel style (remote working, cycle touring, adventure)
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One evening in the winter of 2017, I found myself lost in an Andalucian national park. What would have helped a lot, or so I think, was a Compass on my phone. I usually have a compass app on my phone (as it helps me ensure I don’t sleep with my head to the North,…
