Beautiful Chandelier at Dagdusheth Halwai Sarvajanik Ganpati Pandal, Budhwar Peth, Pune, Maharashtra. India

The Cultural Odyssey: Ganesha Chaturthi Trail from Pune to Ratnagiri

Maharashtra celebrates the birthday of the elephant-headed God with fervour and grandeur. Amid the pomp and show, we walked around the ‘manache pandals’ in Pune, drove to the Ganapatipule temple on the konkan coast and savoured puranpolis in the quaint village of Pawas in Ratnagiri Continue reading The Cultural Odyssey: Ganesha Chaturthi Trail from Pune to Ratnagiri

Temple, Norbulingka Institute of Tibetan Culture, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India,

Discovering Tibet at Norbulingka Institute, Dharamshala

After his exile from Tibet in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama established his home in the beautiful mountain town of Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. Keeping the spiritual and peaceful country alive in India, the Tibetan community offers arts and culture courses at the serene Norbulingka Institute of Tibetan Culture Continue reading Discovering Tibet at Norbulingka Institute, Dharamshala