by Priyanka | Aug 2, 2024 | In Spirituality, Nepal, Pilgrimage (Yatras), Temples
I visited Nepal in early June 2024. Those were days of unprecedented heat. The rains were held up, and the weather became like an inferno. As karma had it, I was there on some of those extremely hot days. I had a very intense yatra taking place and my inner experience...
by Priyanka | Jun 12, 2024 | In Spirituality, Nepal, Temples
I thought there was just one living goddess in Nepal but on my recent visit to Kathmandu, I found out that there are so many. I visited two of them. First, the Kumari of Kathmandu Durbar Square, which online sources suggest is the leader of all the other Kumaris....
by Priyanka | May 2, 2024 | In Spirituality, India, South India, Temples
A favourite of the locals, Mahakuta is a group of temples with a lovely water tank amidst them called Vishnu Pushkarni. Located near Badami, Aihole and Patadakal which have many wonderful heritage ruins – it is nice to spend time in this temple space that has...
by Priyanka | Apr 29, 2024 | In Spirituality, India, Temples
As I was writing my blog post on Badami, it reminded me of my experience in Hampi, a decade back. When I looked at the blog posts I had written for Hampi, I realized that the most impactful place I visited on that trip was not mentioned anywhere. This is natural...
by Priyanka | Apr 25, 2024 | In Spirituality, India, South India, Temples
On 15th Jan 2023, the second 112 ft Adiyogi Shiva statue was inaugurated at the newly established Sadhguru Sannidhi ashram in Chikkaballapur, roughly 70 kms from Bengaluru city. Since then, many people who had always wanted to visit the Adiyogi, but never ended up...
by Priyanka | Apr 23, 2024 | In Spirituality, Temples
In March, during the Holi festival, I began researching Narasimha, the 4th avatar of Vishnu. I thoroughly enjoyed going down this rabbit hole and wish to share my findings with you today! What started this journey was the Holika dahan bonfire. For a large part of...
