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Acts of Love
Acts of Love

Letting Love Lead the Way

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INDIA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyActs of Love Canada, Acts of Love India, Munira Nagji, Jivapur, Gujarat, Charity work India, Canadian charity, Calgary Alberta, seva in Gujarat, Baroda, Vadodra, intergenerational poverty, dalit india, untouchables of india, untouchable caste, india, yamuna flaherty, yamuna flaherty travel writing, yamuna flaherty social justice, volunteer work india, heart calling, saving children, early childhood education, travel in time of corona, sahara home baroda, montessori india, poor kids india, live to serve, munira nagji, deepak gadhia, storytelling, travel memoir, charity worker, volunteer india 2021, volunteer india gujarat, calgary charity, divine orchestration Comments
The Holy Road Less Traveled
The Holy Road Less Traveled

A pilgrimage to Phugtal Monastery

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIA, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyzanskar, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, india, himalayas, padum, leh, road trip, monastery, monks, portrait, portraiture, travel photography, street photography, buddhist monk, buddha, isolation, dalai lama, prayer, landscape, mountains, phugtal gompa, phugtal, prayer wheel, pilgrimage, trekking, suitcase mag, holy road, pilgrim, travelogue, travel memoir, traveler, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, sacred living Comments
If You Miss the Train
If You Miss the Train

An Ancestral Journey through the Nilgiris

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIA, MEMOIR, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertyindia, south india, mettupalayam, tamil nadu, ooty, nilgiris, travel, taxi, family vacation, portrait, portraiture, street photography, photo essay, silver lining, indian history, colonization, hill station, unesco, monkey, chai, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, ancestral threads, ancestral healingComment
Ritual Head Shaving
Ritual Head Shaving

Offering my hair at a temple in India

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CULTURE, INDIA, MEMOIR, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna FlahertyIndia, photo essay, street photography, documentary photography, ancestors, rituals, traditions, culture, tamil nadu, tiruvanamalai, head shaving, tonsure, tonsuring, sacred hair cut, letting go, spiritual transformation, release, Tribe de Mama, slow travel, slow living, slow down, conscious living, spirituality, annamalayair temple, sacred living, head shaving stories, tonsure stories, head shave woman, mundan ceremony, tonsure ceremony, head shave woman india, ancestral healing, ancestral threads, headshave india, headshave stories, headshave stories women, headshave stories india, hair sacrifice india, tamil nadu tonsure, temple offering indiaComment
The Brokpa People of Dah
The Brokpa People of Dah

Where nature inspires beauty

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIAYamuna Flahertyindia, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, travel, tribal, beauty, traditions, brokpa, dah hanu, dah, costumes, flowers, portrait, portraiture, documentary photography, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, brokpa culture, brokpa people, alexander the great lost army, aryan people, aryan india, brokpa people india, brokpa tribe india, brokpa himalaya, brokpa tribe ladakh, dah ladakh, alexander the greatComment