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Kartik Purnima Celebrations across North India
I had written about my tryst with the Tamil festival called ‘Kartigai Deepam’ last year. This is a 10 day festival, and on the day of Kartigai Deepam, a fire is lit on top of the Arunachala hill in Tiruvannamalai and lakhs of people arrive there to circumambulate around this hill and lamp. I visited…
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Sea of Pumpkins at Atwater Market, Montreal for Thanksgiving (not Halloween!)
As I am working with a US based company this year, I find myself with a holiday on their Thanksgiving day (today). I dug up these photos of a sea of pumpkins that my friends (hi Brigette & Douglas 🙂 ) in Canada sent me many days back in October – because they have their…
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Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Major Center, Joys of Coimbatore
Moving to Coimbatore brought many joys, one of which was the proximity to a full fledged AVP center. AVP aka Arya Vaidya Pharmacy. I have great affinity for this medical institution. In my youth, I had many afflictions which allopathy doctors were failing to cure. They started experimenting heavy medicines on me, which not only…
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Adiyogi Visit After the Lockdown
One Friday evening I got some exciting news from a fellow Isha friend. The Adiyogi was going to be open for a “rehearsal” visit. They wanted to test opening it up with a small group, before they opened it up officially. 6 months of lockdown, and definitely I was up for an Adiyogi visit! 😀
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Solo Travel Budget Planning: International & Domestic within India
All my travel budget planning videos – international developed countries, domestic short duration and long term travels. And more. Read on.
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Kala Bhairava Ashtami, Isha Crematorium, Coimbatore
I visited Kashi way back in 2010. That visit was inspired because I had been listening to this Kala Bhairava Ashtakam bhajan on loop. And slowly I wanted to see this Kashi Kala Bhairava whom the bhajan praises deeply. One of the major festivals associated with this Kala Bhairava is the Ashtami that comes once…
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Attack of the Fruit Flies | Thailand Cycling
It was about 4 pm, the day of riding was up, I would now look for a place to stay. That morning I had started out from a resort in the small town of Phan Thong, cycled about 80-100 kms and reached Lake Nong Kham a few kms from the fabled town of Si Racha…
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Q: Stuff To Do Around Melbourne, Australia
A friend asked me about places to visit around the Australian city of Melbourne. I spent a month and half cycling around Melbourne in Sept-Oct 2016. So, I jotted out a few suggestions of places I had visited and found interesting. Some of these are less known especially in Indian travel circuits. Here were my…
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Chiang Mai River Route Cycling to Chom Thong, Thailand [Podcast]
My first podcast on my first long distance ride of my Thailand cycling trip. It was recorded a couple of days after the trip. This ride was also one of my longest in the cycle tour – about 80-90 km. I don’t have a GPS tracker so can’t be sure. I will map this route…
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Amazing Canal Walk in a random Bangkok Suburb: Long Transit at Suvarnabhumi Airport?
Currently, in Thailand on a cycle tour. Frequently my route is by a river. River fronts can often be very interesting. Be it Taiwan’s River bike path or the ghats of Varanasi. How about a canal then? Here’s a look at a canal walk in a random Bangkok suburb [if you like, skip the text…