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Solo travel is fashionable today. It is presented as the ultimate Nirvana. Solo travelers (real or fake) think of themselves as elite in a way, putting themselves above the mere mortal travelers who do not have the courage to travel alone. Magazines, especially those focused on women, are full of taboos associated with traveling solo.

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Catalina Island, California – I chickened out; But somehow got rewarded

My wife and I were on California’s Catalina Island in late spring of this year, checking out a place I used to be able to see from my dormitory window … Continue Reading Read the original post Catalina Island, California – I chickened out; But somehow got rewarded on The Planet D: Adventure Travel Blog.

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I was studying Lalita Sahasranama and writing my own notes on it. That is when I came across Srinagar as the city of Rajarajeshwari Lalit Tripurasundari. I wondered if Srinagar in Kashmir is indeed that city. In my list of Cities Named After Devi, I remember mentioning Sharika Devi as the presiding deity of Srinagar.

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Pawapuri Jal Mandir is a beautiful Jain temple located close to Nalanda. It literally means a temple standing in the water. Niravan Sthali of Bhagwan Mahavir Bhagwan Mahavir was the 24th Jain Teerthankar who lived 5-6 centuries before the common era. He was born in Vaishali, also in Bihar. At Pawapuri, he attained Nirvana on

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