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Thillai Natarajah Temple February 21, 2012 The Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in the town of Chidambaram, East-Central Tamil Nadu, South <strong>India</strong>. The temple is known as the foremost of all temples to Saivites and has influenced worship architecture, sculpture and performance art for over two millennium. The place where the temple is located is the center point of world's magnetic equator. The temple has nine gateways, and four of these have gateway towers each, seven storeys facing East, South , West and North they also signify the nine orifices in the human body. The legend of the temple begins with Shiva strolling in the forest known as the Thillai Vanam. In the Thillai forests resided a group of sages who believed in the supremacy of magic and that GOD can be controlled by rituals and magical words. Thousands of people come to pray and worship at this tempel from the region. 10 We observed the Natyanjali Dance Festival- dancers from across the country performed at the Temple to pay their respect to Lord Nataraja, who is also considered to be the lord of dance. Worship (Puja) is done 6 times in a day at the temple we were fortunate to experience the last puja of the day and is believed that the entire divine force of the universe retires into the deity, when he retires for the night. Amna Osman, text and photo
11 Yoga Session at Pondicherry February 22, 2012 Program participants had the opportunity to attend a yoga session led by a Guru while staying at the Hotel Ocean Spray. We woke early in the morning and gathered on the lawn outside, surrounded by palm trees and the risen sun. The Guru led us through a wide variety of poses that stretched our minds as well as our bodies. Robin Clark photos by Jerry Jennings “A CREATIVE PERSON IS A POSITIVE FORCE, A FORCE FOR PEACE” DR. M. ARAM
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