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Travel Musings – Being Shiva – Create with love, Abandon without a care

Travel musings Solo travel has a great way of clearing the mind. It allows one to think and delve into the self in relative anonymity. Paradoxically, the constant movement of travel induces a strange stillness of the mind - Samatha and hence Vipassana, as the Buddhists would have it... These are some of my travel musings...

May 31, 2020By Anand ParameswaranInformation, Indiafatehpur sikri, bulund darwaza, guru nanak, menchuka, zagreb, sera, meditation, tibet, monk, mandala, travel to India, sand mandala, sushant singh rajput, Beyonder, sri yantra, Buddhism, solo travel, travel musings, hinduism, being Shiva, creation and destruction, shiva8 CommentsRead more...

Fatehpur Sikri, a town overshadowed unjustly by the Taj Mahal

Fatehpur Sikri, is a beautiful, historical town near Agra. It has unfortunately been overshadowed unjustly by its more famous neighbor, the Taj Mahal. On my maiden visit to see the Taj Mahal in Agra, I was quite unimpressed with it. Strange? Maybe, but true. Don’t get me wrong – it is indeed beautiful and awe-inspiring. But...