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My journey started at beginning of Janury when I came to Delhi, on picture is my friend Deepak selling silver in his shop with his father. Next day I took plane to Chennai and reached Tiruvannamalai just at a beginning of a Pongal festival.
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I started my first pradkshina arond Arunachala next day to worship great Shiva, God of gods.
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The Pongal started, all doors are decorated with coloured paintngs from rice flour.
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We visited the brahmin school in countryside next day. It was the cow day, celebration which is done for cows.
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The ceremony was done by the teacher, students helped wit recitatind from Sama Veda.
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Everything was nice decorated, cows was washed and decorated and everywhere were fruits and other goodies.
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Sri Brahmam visited Tiruvannamalai and I visited few his satsangas
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I spent a lot of time in the meditation hall in Sri Ramanasramam, where is sofa where Sri Ramana sat more than twenty years.
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In front of the Big Tepmle is noisy celebration, which is visited also by Sri Arunachaleswara.
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The Lingam of Sri Ramana in Samadhi hall of Sri Ramanasramam was decorated by gold.
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The Full Moon time starts at the end of the Pongal festival and there is many pilgrims again.
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A Snake man came to Tiruvannamalai for Ful Moon time with his snakes - Shiva messengers
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A flower shop at the doors of Sri Ramanasramam
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A small shop with grapes at the road around the Hill. Owner performs small puja, most probably to god Ganesa to remove obstacles and bring succecfull day.
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Truck with shop ISKCON - Hare Krishna movement
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Long exposure made such picture of pilgrims.
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Arunachala is such nice scene.
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Lotoses evoke the Bhagavad-Geeta verse 5.10. - One who acts by dedicating actions to Brahman and by renouncing attachment, he does not become polluted by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not by water.
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Nice composition of Arunachala in haze.
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Me on way around the Hill
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If you leave town, after just two kilometers you can see such idylic picture.
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Children, especially giddy small girls are very popular objects for photographers.
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Small monkeys are very nice too.
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Giddy Tamil family visiting the Big Temple
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Part of wedding take place in Big Temple.
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Next Full Moon night is comming.
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Pro poutníky jsou připraveny nové zásoby kokosů.
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Police keeps trafic out of roads around the Hill
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This Full Moon appeared over the top of Arunachala.
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Meeting of brahmin schools took place in Sri Ramanasramam
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One parto of program is big FIre puja
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Such ceremony is most elaborate Hindu ritual. The best place to do it is under the Holy Arunachala, the Hill of fire.
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For my father birthday I perfomed a beautiful puja in Athithi Asramam
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My guests - men who renounced the world and seek for spiritual liberation.
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Altar in Athithi Asramam. Picture of Sri Ramana covered with flowers.
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Last day - farewell to my friend Swami Parameswara
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Visiting old town well in Delhi
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To park a bike in Delhi is quite big problem, how about to park the car.
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