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2023 - The Year That Was

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
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Skywatch Friday - On the riverside

For Skywatch today, is a scene that could be from anywhere in rural India..... a riverside scene....


A cowherd brings his cows and buffaloes to the river... they drink and they bathe... and so does he. I clicked this somewhere in interior Maharashtra, while on our way to the Lonar Crater, but, as I said before, it could be from any part of the country.

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  1. AnonymousMarch 15, 2013 at 9:39 AM

    Nice Calm and soothing pic ! :D

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    1. Anuradha ShankarMarch 15, 2013 at 10:45 AM

      Thanks nd60! it was indeed a serene and peaceful place..

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  2. MridulaMarch 15, 2013 at 9:43 AM

    I agree it could be from any part of the country! Well captured.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 15, 2013 at 10:22 AM

    Fabulous shot - so tranquil.

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  4. desi TravelerMarch 15, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    Like they say.. it happens only in India... beautiful shot of everyday rural India...

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    1. Anuradha ShankarMarch 15, 2013 at 12:52 PM

      Absolutely!!!! where else can you see cows and men bathing together?

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  5. Gail DixonMarch 15, 2013 at 11:39 PM

    It's a beautiful place and photo. Thanks so much for sharing!

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  6. D.NambiarMarch 16, 2013 at 6:34 AM

    So right. That could be anywhere in India.
    Such a feel-good photo. :)

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    1. Anuradha ShankarMarch 16, 2013 at 11:50 AM

      Thanks!!! but never thought of it as a feel good photo.. but i guess a river with water is certainly something to rejoice about!

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  7. Nishant PatelMarch 16, 2013 at 12:30 PM

    This pic made me remember of my hometown. Great click loved it.

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    1. Anuradha ShankarMarch 21, 2013 at 9:21 AM

      Thanks Nishant! glad to have brought back your memories!

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  8. Posting Load and TruckMarch 16, 2013 at 1:15 PM

    Thanks for the great post.

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  9. IndraniMarch 16, 2013 at 3:33 PM

    Typical Indian ambiance there!

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  10. UnknownMarch 19, 2013 at 5:07 AM

    Amazing vibe this place gives me. Thanks for documenting it so well! Hope you check out my budget travel blog soon :)

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    1. Anuradha ShankarMarch 21, 2013 at 10:14 AM

      You are welcome, Tyler... and its so good to hear that it gives you good vibes!

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  11. R Niranjan DasMarch 19, 2013 at 6:25 PM

    Serene setting.

    http://rajniranjandas.blogspot.in

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