Places impact you for a variety of reasons. And the same place impacts different people in different ways. This is especially true when it comes to spiritual experiences, where every single person’s experience is unique. And personally, every spiritual experience is unique, the same person can have different deeply spiritual experiences at different places, at different times. This thought has emerged because of my own experiences over the years, but especially so this year, with different and unique experiences at various places I have visited recently. I began this year with a visit to Baroda (Vadodara) with friends. It was meant to be a relaxed trip, a touristy trip, with our sons. We enjoyed ourselves to the hilt, but the highlight of that trip was a visit to the Lakulisha temple at Pavagadh. It was the iconography of the temple that I connected with, and I spent a few hours simply lost in the details of the figures carved around the temple. There was an indefinable connect with
Stuck at home with loads of work, I am repeatedly heading to my comp to see the photos of my Shimla trip and sigh over all the beautiful sights.....
The mountains especially keep calling out, and I wish I could escape once again....
There is something about the sight of mountains, seemingly never-ending, especially in the winter mist, that seems to beckon...
But sigh! I am still stuck at home, looking for anything to take me away from all the work!
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The mountains especially keep calling out, and I wish I could escape once again....
There is something about the sight of mountains, seemingly never-ending, especially in the winter mist, that seems to beckon...
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I know the feeling so well :D Loved the first one the most.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mridula! I love that one too :D
DeleteGreat sights freezed!
ReplyDeleteThanks Indrani!
DeleteShimla is always delightful!
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Absolutely, Renuka!
DeleteBeautiful shots. I love the way you captured the contours of the mountain range.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Carver!
DeleteAwesome clicks....
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