Enjoying the openness and emerald beauty of the Kent countryside in England, our car zipped past the Rounds Hill Wood to turn into another country road past the Birches Wood and green fields till we spotted the P signs of the car park ahead. Past the fine-looking Visitor’s reception and coffee/food aroma filled Granary restaurant […]

It was February 25th, Beatle George Harrison’s 80th birthday when I visited the Beatles Ashram at Chaurasi Kutiya in Rishikesh. For the rest of my life it shall remain the biggest co incidences of my life to be here without planning to do so!  I was on a Reverse trail of musician singer and guitarist […]

A month after visiting Bhaktivedant Manor temple in England, which is the earliest amongst the 10,000 plus temples of ISKCON worldwide, we set out to unravel the spiritual quest of the 1960’s celebrity Rock band group member Beatle George Harrison who joined the ISKCON in Britain and donated this Manor to them. Beatles experienced transcendental […]

It was February 25th, Beatle George Harrison’s 80th birthday when I visited the Beatles Ashram at Chaurasi Kutiya in Rishikesh. For the rest of my life it shall remain the biggest co incidences of my life to be here. I was on a Reverse trail of musician singer and guitarist Beatle George Harrison from Bhaktivedant […]

In the Chaitra month of national festivities- Navratris, Ugadi, Gudi Padava, Chaitra-Sukladi and Ram Navami my thoughts turn to the time spent at the Bhaktivedant Manor in England, which is the earliest and the foremost temple amongst the 10,000 plus temples of ISKCon worldwide. Like the rest of the world Ram Navami is one of […]

We were in the historic, beautiful Windsor town in England and had decided to explore the almost 1000 years old Windsor Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist. In the year 1110 AD when King Henry I moved court into the newly built Windsor castle, then people started settling down around the Castle for trade […]

Since ancient times, across borders of religions and continents the festivities seem to have spiritual and mystical alignments to the winter months. The ‘Time-wheel’ seems to carry the festive season that turns towards December and the scintillating sounds and lights of Christmas, Churches, Christmas Trees and Gifts celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is a […]

We were embraced by greenery all around us as we stepped out of the Buscot Park Hall in England. Past the two bronze Greek statues of Centaurs on both sides of the grand stone staircase we descended to the courtyard below, after finishing the tour of the grand Buscot Hall. We decided to walk towards […]

On a rainy Spring day from the main motorway we turned into stunning environs- long-long tree lined path, over a lake bridge, past a large green paddock to reach the car park. We were in Faringdon, England and the trail ahead was swathed with foliage and had an interesting name on the guide map – […]

We reached the beautiful home of the celebrated Anglo- Irish playwright & socialist George Bernard Shaw and his wife Charlotte at Shaw’s Corner in England, enveloped in greenery. From writing the popular play Pygmalion in 1913 that inspired famous movies- Pygmalion 1938, My Fair Lady 1964 and Pretty Woman 1990 to the Literary Nobel Prize […]