Category: In Spirituality
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Kashi, Varanasi, Banaras – It’s All Crazy!
She Said: “You have been to Kashi, how was it?” He Said: “It’s just like any other dusty Indian town” I have been officially solo traveling since March 2009. There were other trips I made much earlier where I was predominantly solo exploring….but today, a week after returning from Varanasi I consider this trip a…
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Brahma temple #Pushkar Rajasthan
Being one of the only Brahma temples around the world is very intriguing as it is, but that is not all that is unique to this temple! The whole story that led to Brahma – one of the three main deities of Hinduism, not being worshiped in the world also has its roots in Pushkar!…
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Not on the Road, but always a Traveler
My social media marketing company was entirely a virtual operation until January, 2014. I have since then taken up an office space and built a team. Last year was difficult in terms of work, not surprising considering that the economy was really bad, everyone I spoke to shared woes of cost-cutting and reductions. Last year…
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Balaram Temple, Malpe
Malpe is a small beach town near Udupi. Its like a suburb of Udupi, just some 6 km away. Amongst stuff to see in Malpe there is the superb beach, fishing wharf, ship cutters factory and an ancient Balaram temple. Balaram is the brother of Krishna and also a big sage/god or something. The Balaram…
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Kanyakumari First Impressions, Solo Woman Travelling!
On my month long trip this January I reached an impasse, I had been on the road for 20 or so days and then reached Bangalore. From Bangalore I had no idea where to go. I planned to go to Pondicherry but there was some Aurobindo event and hence all accommodations were full. Finally got…
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Short Guide to Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh
Hi there reader, I generally don’t write such ‘short guide’ posts because they are so easily available online, except for a few destinations for whatever reasons. Rewalsar is one of them… so here goes for the benefit of my fellow travellers esp solo women because we tend to plan out where we will be staying…
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‘Traveller’s Block’ – Breakthrough
I have heard of ‘writer’s block’ but never really faced a serious one. Last few months however since my Coimbatore-Mysore-Bangalore trip in Feb, I was not able to go on a trip despite planning 5 different trips! The reasons for not going were varied viral fever, passport issues or just simply canceling. I figured it…
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Health Retreats in India – Naturopathy, Ayurvedic and others
Even though I do yoga regularly at home, I feel the urban lifestyle soon catches up to me. I look forward to health retreats in some clean and refreshing place far from the city! I have done some research to find a few health retreats, these are low to medium budget places, Nisargopchar Ashram – Uruli…
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Auroville and Matri Mandir, Pondicherry
15km from the city is the Auroville. This is also where the Matri Mandir – an intriguing meditation complex made by the Mother and Aurobindo is located. My first view of this center was a sense of lot of ‘disjoint’ communities working together. It probably felt disjoint because the different building complexes are some distance…
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Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry
The term ‘Aurobindo Ashram’ commonly refers to the many different units within Pondicherry that are affiliated to the organisation set up by Aurobindo and Mother. Auroville is another distinct settlement which also houses the Matri Mandir – a unique meditation temple. Like mentioned earlierPondicherry city is integrated with the Aurobindo Ashram. Typically painted grey and…