Kovalam

Kovalam, Ashram and Varkala

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December 18th 2008
We ended up taking a taxi from Kanyakumari to Kovalam where we spent a few days. It was nice although there wasn't much of a beach... Then we decided to get spiritual and went to the Sivananda Ashram in Neyyar Dam where we spent 4 days doing yoga, meditating and chanting. A pretty intense experience indeed in a place with lots of rules and restrictions. Monia liked it so much that she later de ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more