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A Palace Dinner in Samode
Day 8: Dinner at Samode Palace.
It’s not every day that one gets to dine in a real Palace. Though we were staying at the Maharaja’s summer retreat, his royal highness’s palace was only a 10-minute drive away. So on our second night in Samode I decided to take the group to the palace for dinner. No white horses to take us there but open air jeeps which we all climbed into and headed off on dusty roads till we arrived at the massive walls and entrance doorway that led to the palace.
What a surprise it was to our group. We were guided into the palace and then toured around the main gathering rooms that were spectacular in every way. Intricately designed and painted. They were fit for royalty for sure. This was followed by dinner in the main dining hall of the palace.
Our spiritual adventure continues….
On the jeep headed to the palace.
We pose for a group photo in one of the intricately designed rooms.
The boys on the trip…
Many of the girls felt like princesses walking around and dining in the palace.
Exploring the countless chambers in the palace
Dinner in the main dining hall of the palace.
Experiential Learning – The Permanent Kind of Learning
Day 8 of our North Indian Spiritual Adventure… We arrived in Samode late in the evening the previous night, checked into our tents, had dinner and went to bed after 2 days of intense traveling. The tents at Samode Bagh were more like “glamping” (glamorous camping) than camping. ...
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Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary – A Haven of Life
After our very special morning witnessing the sun rise over the Taj Mahal we left Agra and headed west to Samode, a little know village in Rajasthan that would be our home for the next 3 nights. On the way there we made a brief stop at the Keoladeo National Park (formerly known as the…
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Sun Rise at the Taj Mahal
Day 7: Feb 5 “The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.” ―Rabindranath Tagore In my opinion, the only way to see the Taj Mahal for the first time (or even the 10th time) is to wake up at dawn and watch the…
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Enstasy: A Meditation Confluence in Kerala, India 2016
I’ve spoken at and attended many inspiring events, where I am given so much great new information only to return home and have many of these ideas forgotten in a notebook. I realized the problem is that there’s no time provided at these events to reflect and integrate the teachings into my life b...
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The Train to the Taj Mahal
Day 6: Feb 4 We started our day with a sunrise Puja at the southern group of temples in Khajuraho dedicated to Lord Siva. I had the honor of performing the ritual of abhishekam, the bathing of the central deity with an offering of milk, yogurt, and flowers. The temple reverberated with the sac...
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Day 5: Varanasi to Khajuraho: Temples of Beauty
Day 5: Feb 3 Our last morning in Varanasi was so very special. The group engaged in a vigorous yoga asana practice in the morning with Robin and then I led everyone through a meditation continuing to focus on the intent that each person brought with them on the trip and on manifesting their purp...
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