Valley of Flowers Just Blew My Mind
Several years ago, in a more active and fit avatar, I had trekked to the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand. The route from Gobindghat to Ghangaria, the base for Hemkunt Sahib […]
Romola Butalia Book – In The Presence of the Masters
ISBN Paperback: 9789393214904, 9393214905 ₹ 350.00 ISBN Hardcover: 9789393214836, 9393214832 ₹ 650.00 Year of Publication: 2022 Edition: 2nd Revised No. of Pages: 135 Language: English Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House […]
India’s Spiritual Heroines
Book Review by Romola Butalia It is a book that must be read by anyone interested in saints and sages, in gender studies, and the unique and individual lives of […]
Sikkim: an introduction
Sikkim: an overview Wrapped in mists and clouds. A garden state with an incredible variety of orchids, rhododendrons, gladioli and a host of other flowers. Tumbling streams and torrents. Mountain […]
Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh: Overview
Of Kashmir, it was said, “Gar bar-ru-e-zamin ast; hamin ast, hamin ast, hamin asto” or ” If there be a paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it […]
Akshay Trithiya
Akshay Trithiya, one of three most auspicious tithis in the year, is associated with several legends through different periods of time. Akshay Trithiya is on the third tithi of Shukla […]
Guru Purnima – Festival & Spiritual Significance
“Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Gurudeva MaheshwaraGuru Sakshat Para BrahmanTasmay Sri Guruve Namah” The Guru is the Eternal Supreme BeingWe offer our salutations to the Guru The full moon day of […]
Navaratri: Nine Nights of Devi
Chaitra Navaratri is from 2nd April to 11th April 2022 Prathamam Shailaputri ca dvitiyam brahmacharini |Tritiyam chandra ghanteti kusmandeti chaturhakam || Panchamam skandamaateti shashtam katyayaniti ca |Saptamam kalaratriti mahagauriti chastamam […]
Yoga Comes & Yoga Goes
Yoga comes and yoga goes. To be alert is to recognise both. In the hours of darkness, caught in the world of action and the whirlpool of samskaras, or the […]
Awareness is the Key
Awareness must be cultivated. No amount of discussion, reading, sitting in meditation or prayers will enlighten us. The traveller on the journey needs to walk with one-pointedness, mindfulness, ceaseless determination, […]
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