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01 Moonrise over the Arunachala mountain at Tiruvannamalai.
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02 Sunrise over the Arunachala mountain at Tiruvannamalai.
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03 early morning yoga
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04 An Ambassador car pulls out of the Ramana Ashram in Tiruvannamalai, Southern India.
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05 The cave where Rāmana Maharshi stayed on Arunachala mountain.
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06 Looking down at Arunachaleswarar Temple, in Tiruvannāmalai from the cave where Rāmana Maharshi stayed on Arunachala mountain.
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07 Inside the Arunachaleswarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai.
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08 Nandi, the bull, in the Arunachaleswarar Temple.
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10 Public transportation in Tiruvannamalai. The child on the left is in the next picture.
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11 You are never too young for makeup in India. You can see the photographer reflected in the girls' eye in the lower right.
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12 The "Tiru Farm" is a small guesthouse about 30 min. outside of Tiruvannamalai. They commissioned me to take the next few photos, all of which I like.
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13 the main building at the Tiru Farm
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14 here are some of the guest rooms.
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15 Inside a room.
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17 Inside the dining hall at the Tiru Farm.
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18 The Tiru Farm is, well, a farm.
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19 In addition to being a guest house, in the building computer classes are offered for free to local children.
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20 Computer classes.
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21 In exchange for classes, students water some trees. They seem to enjoy the work.
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22 A heardswoman with her cows. Blue horns seem to be the fashion this year.
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23 Sunrise over Arunachala mountain at the Ananada Niketan Ashram where Open Dharma held a retreat in early 2011. You can learn more about Open Dharma by visiting www.opendharma.org.
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24 At the Ananada Niketan Ashram this lady was very proud to be the statue-decorator.
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25 The statute decorated.
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26 Decorated Statue.
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27 Statue.
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28 At the Open Dharma 2011 retreat in Tiruvannamalai, this was the meditation hall.
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29 Rice field at the Ananada Niketan Ashram. The next picture is a close up of the two people sitting on the right.
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30 Open Dharma retreat managers Jonathan and Anette meet in the early morning.
