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  • 48 years old
  • From New York, United States
  • Currently in Massachusetts, United States

Daniel in Auroville, India - Spring 2010

This is my journal for my time teaching on Living Routes' Spring 2010 semester program in Auroville. I will be there with my wife, Monique Gauthier (who will also be teaching) and our two daughters, so posts will be a mixture of professional and personal observations.

Climbing Arunachula

India Puducherry (Pondicherry), India  |  Mar 01, 2010
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A few weekends ago our "cohort" had the opportunity to travel to Tiruvannamalai, a temple town and pilgrimage site about three hours northwest from Auroville.  We stopped for breakfast at Gingee and viewed Mughul hill forts, which date back to the Chola dynasty in 9th century AD.  During our 2 1/2 days at Tiru, we ...

- Walked 13km around the sacred Arunachula Mountain, considered to be the body of Shiva;

- Visited Sri Ramanamaharshi's Ashram & walked to a cave where he meditated for 23 years;

- We also had lunch at the ashram and talked with Michael, a monk originally from Texas;

- That afternoon, we visited Arunachaleeswarar Temple, the largest Shiva temple in India;

- The next morning, the students and I climbed for 2 hours to the summit of Arunachula;

- We also ate in some amazing restaurants and had time to relax and walk around.

All in all, it was an amazing weekend. You can watch a short video of our climb up the mountain at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Budguxai_a8.

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