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Pandharpur Yatra 2023

The first time I visited Pandharpur was back in 2007 . The names Vitthal and Pandharpur, were just names to me. I had heard of them, but that was about it. Seeing the lord standing on the brick, hands on his hips, was memorable, but more memorable was the sight that greeted us as we walked out of the main sanctum of the temple. In the mandap just outside were a group of devotees singing abhangs , and dancing. This was the first time I had heard abhangs , and even almost 15 years later, I can remember the welling of feeling within me, listening to the songs, and how fascinated I was by the sight of the devotees dancing, lost in their love of the Lord. Over the years, as I have read more about Vitthal, and participated in Ashadi Ekadashi programmes at Puttaparthi, that first experience has stayed clear in my mind and heart. Every time I tell my Balvikas students of the saints who sang of Vitthala, it is that experience that I re-live. I visited Pandharpur again, in 2010, but that experie
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Seasons Greetings



Wishing you all, all the very best for the coming year... and indeed all the years ahead!



P.S. That's our very first christmas tree... one Samhith and I decorated with much enthusiasm!

And this is Samhith's own work... with some of the ornaments we bought...... its a snowflake, in case some of you couldn't recognize it :D


P.P.S: And this is how the tree looked once it was all set up and ready... with the gifts under it, of course!!!!! 





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  1. KPDecember 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    Season's Greetings and Happy New Year

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  2. Mridula DDecember 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    Merry Christmas to you and your family Anu.

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  3. PradeepaDecember 25, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    Fantastic decorations. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Anu.

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  4. ArtiDecember 25, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    Pretty decoration of the Christmas Tree. Merry Christmas to you and your family Anu:)

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  5. ZephyrDecember 26, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    It looks like a full grown fir! Lovely decorations and no guesses for what the gifts are :D

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  6. Sridharan SrinivasanDecember 31, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Wish you too a very happy new year Anu..! 

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  7. NayakchitraJanuary 2, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    Nicely done xmas tree. Happy 2012 to you and your family.

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  8. RajeshJanuary 2, 2012 at 12:09 PM

    Beautiful.
    Wish you Happy and Prosperous New Year.

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  9. PN SubramanianJanuary 3, 2012 at 1:32 PM

    Wishing you, your hubby and Samhit a very very happy New Year.

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  10. Anu ShankarJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Thanks Pradeepa! Wish you a very happy new year!

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  11. Anu ShankarJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks Zephyr! guess I am predictable that way :)

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  12. Anu ShankarJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks a lot, Sridharan!!! wish you a great year ahead!

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  13. Anu ShankarJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks Chitra! wish you too a great year ahead!

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  14. Anu ShankarJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks Rajesh! wish you a great travel filled year ahead!

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  15. Anu ShankarJanuary 8, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    Thanks so much, PNS!! Wish you and your family too a great year ahead!!

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