the first two nights i will spend in agra (आगरा), so that i may be blessed with a view of the sunrise over the taj mahal on valentines day. i am staying at a house recommended by the lonely planet travel guide to india. from there, i think that i will make my way back to delhi to fly to mumbai to explore ganeshpuri for a week. i am looking forward to visiting gurudev siddha peeth as well as the area's hot springs and other natural attractions. i am also very excited about visiting the caves on an island off the coast of mumbai - apparently there are some amazing sculptures!
next i will train it to pondicherry (possibly stopping once in the middle of the country on my way there) for my 1 month stay at the mother's house. you really can't beat $6 a day for a private beach front room with a balcony and bath! also, complimentary yoga classes every morning accompanying the sunrise over the sea.
mid march and my booking runs out at the mother's house, and i have just under 2 weeks to make it to kannur, where i will be studying ayurvedic massage and pancha karma therapies. check out the center's website: www.ayurvedaacharya.com. i hope to get out and about in kerala, i am most excited about visiting quilon/kollam, as one night a while back a had a dream that seems to match exactly the images and descriptions i have been coming across since deciding to travel to india.
my training ends on the 2nd of may, and for the remaining weeks in india, i plan on visiting hardiwar (हर्दिव) and dharamsala (धरमसाला) (actually, McLeod Ganj) in hopes of catching a teaching of HH the Dali Lama. I do not believe that he will be in residency at the time i will be there, so perhaps i will save that visit for a future date. after the sun and sand of the south, i know i will be looking forward to the mountains and rivers (and relatively cooler temperatures) of the north, most especially the ganges. i hope to leave before the monsoon breaks, but of course i doubt that any adventure in india is complete with out at least one dousing by mother nature, or should i say Indra? (इन्द्र)
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