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Poverty is Preventable
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Poverty is Preventable
We met a young boy roaming aimlessly through the Temple. His father had died and he was seeking refuge in his place of worship. With discerning compassion, Feroza convinced the boy to…
Destination Peace · Mar 20, 2025 · 2 min
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Ancient Trees, Ancient Temples, and The Ancient Desire to Achieve Peace Stories
Ancient Trees, Ancient Temples, and The Ancient Desire to Achieve Peace
Our driver picked us up at 10 AM. Our very first bus driver’s holiday in two weeks!: Today’s three morning newspapers shared the same headlines regarding a “day of reckoning for the…
Destination Peace · Mar 20, 2025 · 3 min
Swamimalai, Mother Teresa and the Grand Prix Stories
Swamimalai, Mother Teresa and the Grand Prix
This morning, we were greeted at 4 AM in our room with tea and coffee. We lodged overnight at the beautifully appointed INDeco Hotel in Swamimalai, where we discovered that our hotel…
Destination Peace · Mar 19, 2025 · 2 min
Matrimandir and The Golden Mantra Stories
Matrimandir and The Golden Mantra
Destination Peace is found via paths paved with traditional, observant, ancient, non-observant, non-traditional religions; roads that embrace new age, old age (the wisdom of the…
Destination Peace · Mar 17, 2025 · 2 min
Holy Spaces; Human Stories Stories
Holy Spaces; Human Stories
Our guest blogger is Hemalata Ramesh. She is an educator and teacher of values in Coimbatore, India. She is also well versed in the Hindu religion, history and lore. Today Manny…
Destination Peace · Mar 16, 2025 · 3 min
Hindu Wedding Stories
Hindu Wedding
More reflections from our dear friend Dr. Suresh Subramani, immediate past Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of California San Diego and an esteemed Molecular Biologist: The…
Destination Peace · Mar 15, 2025 · 2 min
The Road to India began at Yale Stories
The Road to India began at Yale
On Sunday I awakened at 5:30 AM to catch up on the news back home since we left. In doing so, I discovered that Destination Peace is traversing the road from Connecticut to India…
Destination Peace · Mar 15, 2025 · 1 min
Third Encounter with Amma Stories
Third Encounter with Amma
Arriving for the Second Day with Amma February 7th was the second day that we went to see Amma in Chennai. As was the case on February 6th, we got there by about 10 o’clock– but this…
Destination Peace · Mar 15, 2025 · 3 min
Auspicious Timings for a Visit to Madurai Stories
Auspicious Timings for a Visit to Madurai
These are the events of February 8, when we flew from Chennai to Madurai. In the late afternoon we decided to go to see the 3600-year-old Madurai Meenakshi Temple, which is one of…
Destination Peace · Mar 15, 2025 · 4 min

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