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Travel: Taratarini Temple, Odisha

    Where beauty and  power meet The origins of the TaraTarini temple in Ganjam, Odisha, is shrouded in the mists of time. Our trip from Behrampur starts off well enough, with the sun shining bright and stray, fat clouds dotting the startlingly blue skies. `The last time we visited the TaraTarini temple, it suddenly…

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Travel: Guruvayoor, Kerala

Visiting Guruvayoor Riding on the highway to Guruvayoor, 30 km west of Thrissur, signboard after signboard reminds me just how far away I am from the Lord — strictly in terms of physical distance. As I belong to a large clan that has its roots in this temple town, it is with some amount of ownership that I write…

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