‘Shani hi ek aisa graha hai jo Bhagwan ke darshan kara sakta hai’ (Rough Translation: Saturn is the only planet that can take you closer to God.) But how? is my instinctive question even as I fix my gaze on the rolling Sahyadri Hills fleeting past my car window. A whiff of fresh air! Sahyadri mountain range on the way to Shani Shingnapur f…
Read moreWho doesn't love to be beside the seaside? There is something very beautiful about beaches and oceans. Those waves in the ocean rising above in full furore, they march towards the shoreline, bubbling and tumbling with all their worth, as if with a thousand stories hidden carefully in their heart, opening it all at once as they kiss the shoreline, t…
Read moreThe other day, while assembling pictures for this article, I was rummaging through all my clicks at the ISKCON Temple in Hyderabad (one of the hotels in Hyderabad and my spiritual cum worldly retreat for the trip I undertook in August 2013), I couldn't help but chuckle. It was not about the sights mind you, which made for wonderful memories by the way - it was…
Read moreJust a few minutes walk from the Bhairavnath Temple lies one of the most ancient temples of Saswad in Pune : Sangameshwar Temple. The temple dates back to the Yadav ruled era around the 10th century and you cross a small bridge to reach the place. When we reach the place, the sun is high above the mountains hushing the temple in its mid-noon siesta. The t…
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