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Postcard from Uttarakhand – 3: the magic of Mayavati

Continued from ‘Postcard from Uttarakhand – 2’… Geography steeped in history The Mayavati Advaita Ashrama has a long history. When Swami Vivekananda was in London on his way back…

4 April 10, 2019
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Postcard from Uttarakhand – 2

Continued from ‘Postcard from Uttarakhand – 1’… I settled down on one of the concrete benches on Platform no. 11. I noticed how clean the platform was – a very…

1 April 5, 2019
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Postcard from Uttarakhand – 1

I am on a visit to the hills for a Retreat. The Retreat is in a place called Mayavati in Uttarakhand. I flew to New Delhi from Bangalore by a…

2 April 3, 2019