Less than a day after reaching Mumbai, we were off to Goa on the Konkan Railway to visit our kuladevata Ramnathi Devasthan and attend my nephew's Upanayana (see previous post). The night ride is ideal for catching-up on gossip with cousins. Their wives (and M too), are fast asleep and we could chat away in [...]
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My nephew Varun, learning to do the Sandhya Vandan, a service in preparation for reciting the Gayatri Mantra. It was about 3 weeks since his Upanayana (thread ceremony) during which he was invested with the sacred thread (see it on his left shoulder) and had his head shaved, marking his “re-birth” as a student of [...]
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From my last trip to Goa. The beautiful Basilica of Bom Jesus in Panji. The inside of the church. There was a small private service going on. The crypt with the remains of Francis Xavier The building across the street. The Convent and Church of St Francis of Assisi. Part of it has been converted [...]
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