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Inde 17 décembre 2025 - 14 janvier 2026
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New Delhi, India ‐ Jan 12, 2026

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A bit overhwelmed.

A bit overwhelmed

[En français ci-dessous.] I decided to break the chronological logic of my blog to bring you rapidly up to date on my trip. I haven't been as regular in posting as last time and I'm sorry about that....
Ahmedabad ‐ Jan 4

+7

Indian Hospitality

+10

The Ahmedabad Flower Show

A unique Jain temple

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Other realities

Indian hospitality

[En français ci-dessous.] A big part of my research has been meeting and getting to know students enrolled at the Lakluish Yoga University in Ahmedabad (Gujarat). Sitting in on their classes, I am an...

The Ahmedabad Flower show

[En français ci-dessous.] One of the Ph.D students at the Lakulish Yoga University I am studying here offered to take me to a major Ahmedabad event, the flower show. It felt like the Pasadena Rose Bow...

A unique Jain temple.

[En français ci-dessous.] Ahmedabad's old city is home to Hindu, Jain, and Muslim temples. (There are very few Buddhist structures in India, apart from the areas around where the Buddha lived in rough...

Other realities

[En français ci-dessous.] It feels like it would be disingenuous to not at least touch upon some of the difficulties of traveling in India. The scale of the social, sanitary and environmental challeng...
Poicha ‐ Jan 2

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Visit to the Narmada - a sacred river

A day on the sacred Narmada River

[En français ci-dessous.] To start the new year, a visit to the sacred Narmada River seemed in order. Not only was this a place frequented by Swami Kripalu throughout his many years of monastic life,...
Kayavarohan ‐ Dec 28, 2025

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Yoga temple

Temple of yoga

[En français ci-dessous.] One of the major sites for my research is a temple complex in a rural farming village called Kayavarohan. It was here that a certain Swami Kripalu (1913 - 1981) had a temple...
Surat ‐ Dec 30, 2025

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Research Day in Surat

Research Day in Surat

[En français ci-dessous.] The main purpose of this trip to is to continue research on the Lakluish Yoga University for my Master's Degree. I am aiming to submit my work in June and defend the thesis i...
Vadodara ‐ Dec 28, 2025

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Royal culture in Vadodara

Royal culture in Vadodara

[En français ci-dessous.] We spent the day after Christmas in Vadodra (Baroda under the colonial naming system). The royal family here was once the 5th wealthiest in the world in the 19th century. Som...
Malav talav ‐ Dec 23, 2025

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Honoring the guru

Honoring the guru

[En français ci-dessous.] Part of the reason for this trip is to be in India during the anniversary celebrations that honor the founding guru's memory. Swami Kripalu passed on December 29, 1981. His s...
Kayavarohan ‐ Dec 20, 2025

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Christmas in Kayavarohan

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Arrival in Kayavarohan (Gujarat).

Christmas in Kayavarohan

[En français ci-dessous.] Christmas came to India, and Santa Claus made his ritual stop leaving gifts for the children. The family which takes care of Indukanta's house where I"m staying came over wit...

Arrival in Kayavarohan

[En français ci-dessous.] I was happy to get out of Delhi and get to the small rural town of Kayavarohan in Gujarat, where I will stay through the new year. This is the seat of the religious organizat...
New Delhi ‐ Dec 18, 2025

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Third Day in New Delhi

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Second day in Delhi

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First day in Delhi - Premier jour à Delhi

Arrival in New Delhi

Deuxième jour à Delhi

[En français ci-dessous.] It's hard to know how to write this travel journal without sounding like a guide book. The days are full and rich and amazing and I can only give some highlights here. Today...

Premier jour à Delhi - First day in Delhi

[En français ci-après...] After a 9-hour flight, I took an Uber to my friend Rachna's place in the Punjabi Bagh (Punjabi Garden). This area was developed after Indian independence in 1947 for Hindu an...
Charles de Gaulle International Airport, France ‐ Dec 17, 2025
Paris, France ‐ Dec 8, 2025

Le voyage se prépare / Plans are underway

Le jour-J s'approche: Pamela s'envole le mercredi 17 décembre 2025 pour Delhi ! Suivez son aventure ici. The big day is approaching. Pamela flies to Delhi on Wednesday December 17th! Follow her trip h...

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