Tag: Faith

A meditative trek to Tiger’s Nest Monastery, Bhutan

My mind knows I can't do it. It's an arduous trek. With poor stamina levels and a sorrowful state of health, I try to convince myself that it is perfectly…
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First Impressions of Varanasi : Part 2

Firstly, a heart felt thanks for reading and appreciating First Impressions of Varanasi : Part 1. This post is the sequel to it, highlighting some other aspects of this mystic city.…
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First Impressions of Varanasi: Part 1

Banaras or Kashi is every traveller's dream. One of the oldest inhabited cities of the world where a river is revered to the extent that many seek death at its…
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Lathmaar Holi at Barsana

The crowds are astonishing. People warn you not to enter the crowds for safety reasons. There could be a stampede with this number of people on the streets. It's no…
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Goverdhan Parikrama: Of faith and much more

  I am no fitness freak. My weight loss resolutions always get carried over to the next year and I can NEVER be on a diet. So when mom asked…
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A day at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah

I feel a strange, inexplicable connect at Dargahs. The feeling is beyond language, religion and and other "man- made" barriers. I have written about this connect with sufism many years…
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Golden temple: Frozen in my lens, etched in my memory

Golden temple or the Harmandir Sahib, in Amritsar, Punjab is one of the most revered places of worship, visited by millions.       More photos on https://www.facebook.com/DivyakshiGuptaPhotography
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