110. Le Carnaval Spirituel at Torquay – The last show

On Sunday, 25th January 09, the bustling beach town of Torquay, witnessed, its first ever show of Le Carnaval Spirituel – a display of eastern culture and spiritual wisdom – a brainchild of His Holiness Indradyumna Swami maharaj. Will they like it? Will many come? After all, this place isn’t Melbourne, one of the most cosmopolitan and multicultural [...]

109. Torquay Beach Harinam

On the Sunday that just went by, I had another chance to mingle with the wonderful disciples of His Holiness Indradyumna Swami Maharaj. Earlier in the morning, at prasadam time, Stoka prabhu asked me, if I wanted to join them in their trip to Torquay, a nice beachfront town, about 2 hours from Melbourne. At this [...]

108. Big Day Out – 2009

Just got back home from the BIG DAY OUT music festival at Flemington Race Course. I don’t have much to report actually apart from the fact that the crowd seemed less compared to my last visit here. News reports on the event website states that the Sydney event attracted over 55,000 people, in spite of a scorching [...]

107. Capturing bhakti

After much ponder, after much consideration, much more deliberation, bucket loads of procrastination, truckloads of uncertainty and anxiety later, I finally got the thing. When I went to Sri Vrindhavan dham, trekked the feathertop mountain, did the catering work for the Pyramid Rock festival and attended the La Carnival Spirituel festival, it had dawned on me [...]

106. The long weekend prayer

3 days of break !! The long weekend ! Australia is celebrating their “Australia Day” on 26th January, which marks the arrival of the first fleet in 1788, the start of British colonisation here. Since, 1818, the country has been holding this as an official event and these days about 7 million people attend the various [...]