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There is nothing that shows up our hypocrisy with regard to both religion and the environment than the sight of our gods, abandoned wherever possible...from veneration to throwaway in one day, without a thought to how the materials may or may not decompose.


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I took 21 children and 3 teachers (Chethan, Hari Prasad and Kalpana) to the Kadu Malleswara Temple area, which has 4 temples: the 500 year old Kadu Malleswara temple, and the more recent Lakshmi Narasimha and Gangamma temples. The antiquity of the Nandi Teertha cannot be determined, as the temple and the spring of the Vrishabhavathi river pouring ( Read more... )

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K2: Paru Sharma is actually Rama.
Me: Oh, really?
K2: Yes, he is Vishnu, born as Rama and then as Krishna.
Me (catching sight of the Amar Chitra Katha in his hand): Oh...that's Parashurama!

He's very annoyed that I am laughing. I am hoping that he doesn't make the Buddha into a Buddhu...

The young daughter pours the oblation of ghee into the sacred fire of the "havan"...and her tears pour down her tender young face.

My own eyes fill as I see the sorrow of the toughest part of growing up. If Agni and Swaha do not take her love up to her father, surely those twin streams of salt and grief will do so.


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I clicked this photo of an itinerant religious singer, with my young friend Prem, while we were watching the Baya Weavers at Bhutanahalli koLA (pond):


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Fatima (in the lehenga..she's 20, can you believe it?) teaches K1 Hindi. She invited us over for Eid and, with her family, extended such warm hospitality!


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