by Priyanka | Sep 7, 2023 | In Spirituality, South India, Temples
Devotees to the Bangalore Adiyogi, often skip the Naga mandapam temple in their hurry to see (and click pictures with) the Adiyogi statue. Here’s a detailed blog post for those of you who are genuinely interested in this beautiful Naga mandapam temple. Afterall, this...
by Priyanka | Aug 13, 2023 | In Spirituality, South India
In Ramana Ashramam, located at the foot of Arunchalam mountain, bhajans happen daily. During this time, a lot of devotees circumambulate Ramana’s samadhi continuously. For me, it brought to mind memories when a monk had told me to do 108 pradakshinas, I...
by Priyanka | Aug 6, 2023 | In Spirituality, India, South India, Temples
With this blog post, I start my writing into the Girivalam i.e. circumambulation (pradakshina) around the sacred Arunachala mountain of Tiruvannamalai. It feels fitting to start this series with Adi Annamalai temple, one of the 3 oldest temples in the region. The...
by Priyanka | Jul 6, 2023 | In Spirituality, India
I don’t know the answer to this question. But I have been curious. Maybe in the olden days, there were ample crematoriums and obscure corners in the city where this tribe could thrive. However, in today’s fast developing world filled with CCtv cameras and...
by Priyanka | Jul 3, 2023 | Driving, South India
This time I tried a new route while driving down from Chikkaballapur to Coimbatore. This was via Devanahalli – Singahalli – Budigere – Varthur – Attibele – Hosur – Salem – Coimbatore. The Attibele to Coimbatore route is the...
by Priyanka | Jun 22, 2023 | In Spirituality, Jain, West India
On the spectrum of spiritual paths, the path of Aghora vs Jainism, are pretty much on opposite sides. One conjures the image of cremation grounds, ash covered folk and all things TABOO. The other brings to mind images of white clean marble temples, extreme...
