Religious Experiences in America

On a recent trip to California I had the chance to visit the Hindu temple in Malibou near Los Angeles in California. There are two temples, one dedicated to Lord Balaji or Vishnu and another dedicated to Lord Shiva sited within the same compound here. The former has sub shrines dedicated to the lord’s consorts, […]

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Visiting Los Angeles, the world’s largest city which also hosts Hollywood gave me quite a few surprises. First the amount of trash strewn along the road sides is amazingly high. For a moment I forgot whether I was in India or in the US. The next surprise was when I visited Artesia. Here the sights […]

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For the past two days I have been visiting Los Angeles and I have noticed that the population of ethnic Indians or people of Indian origin is quite high in this western sea board state of the US. We visited the Artesia community where there are several Indian stores, temples and religious spaces thronged by […]

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Summer is the time for travel, holidays, fun and family get togethers. That means lots of road travel and driving in the summer heat. Cars made of fibre and metallic parts heat up fast and remain hot for long periods of time and without good air conditioning it would be highly uncomfortable to survive. Hence […]

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I am currently visiting San Antonio, Tx, this is a historical location for Texans and also for the US. This is the city where the famed battle of Alamo took place and earned Texas its independence from Spaniards/ Mexicans. There is a colorful history and legend related about the “Battle of Alamo” in which 180 […]

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I had written about our scooter expedition of 1999 when we toured the length and breadth of India to create awareness about the harsh conditions under which soldiers had to live and work to protect us. One of the popular quotes in praise of soldiers goes like this: “Soldiers give their today to secure our […]

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I love summer for an slew of reasons: holidays, vacations, great weather, beach, swimming, biking, outdoors etc. But the favourite reason is of course the first one, yes holidaying. Every summer I make it a point to visit a new city and explore it. Last summer I visited the west coast city of San Franscisco […]

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While in India I would visit ancient and splendourous temples almost every week. It was my hobby to seek out and visit such ancient repositories of culture, heritage and history. Some temples were popular and attracted several devout pilgrims every day and crowds would throng during weekends. And thanks to Indias burgeoning population and new […]

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Would you consider riding a motorcycle as a spiritual experience? I haven’t come across many people who answered yes to this question. But speaking for myself I would always say a big YES, and in bold too. Why? What is so spiritual about filling up gas and travelling on two wheels? Most people liken motorcycle […]

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Last weekend I had gone caving with a group of avid cavers from DFW Grotto. After a day under the earth’s surface exploring underground passages and marvelling at the amazing stalactite and stalagmite formations we decided to head back towards Dallas. And enroute Bill Steele suggested that it would be a great idea to stop […]

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