Category: West India
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3 Delicious Sattvic (No Onion, No Garlic) Food Restaurants in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
These 3 restaurants in Ahmedabad stood out for me in my search for sattvic and delicious foods!
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Near the Adalaj StepWell, 3 Beautiful Temples: Trimandir, Jagannath & BAPS Hanumanji
A mix of beautiful temples by the highway right outside the Adalaj town, famous for the Queen’s Stepwell. Know more here.
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Girnar Parikrama: From Kartik Agyaras to Kartik Poornima (Dev Diwali)
A pilgrimage through a reserve forest with meagre facilities, ancient temples and powerful sacred spots.
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Girnar, where Aghora & Jainism Meet & the Current Hindu-Jain Controversy
From the cremation ground sadhana and all things TABOO to clean, marble temples and extreme non-violence. The coexistence of Aghora & Jainism on the sacred mountain of Girnar is an intriguing phenomena…
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Girnar Parvat, Lesser Known Jain Temples & Shrines
Most Jain devotees spend 80% of their time in the temple towards doing the pooja of main idol. In this blog, I am advocating exploring some lesser known shrines on Girnar
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Jain Tirthankar Neminath’s Deep Footprint on the Sacred Girnar Mountain
Let’s know more about Neminath bhagwan’s diksha, kevalgyaan and nirvana spots and ancient caves and temples on Girnar mountain
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Girnar Ropeway Booking Prices, Timings, Distance from Jain Temples & Dattatreya Peak
Recently, my family members went on a Girnar Jain temple pilgrimage and they mentioned the new ropeway has finally started…..
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Girnar Ropeway: a Bane or Boon? Unsustainable Access to Pristine Pilgrimage Areas?
This is a tricky topic to write about, but the first time I heard that a ropeway was being started at the Girnar mountain, I thought back to my first pilgrimage on this pure hill…..
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Mahatma Mandir, GandhiNagar #GujaratModel
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
When Sutlej and Yamuna bid Goodbye to Her, the Mighty Sarasvati bid Goodbye to Us!