Ekambareshvara temple

wonderful temple located in Kanchipuram and dedicated to Śiva and Pārvatī in the form of Kamakshi.

wonderful temple located in Kanchipuram and dedicated to Śiva and Pārvatī in the form of Kamakshi. There is a famous sacred mango tree with 4 flavors representing the 4 Vedas (the Rigveda, a collection of poetic vision, Sama-Veda, a compendium of ritual songs, Yajur-Veda, a collection of sacrificial formulas  the Atharva-Veda, a collection of magic)

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At the Ashtanga Yoga Institute, these words don't stay on the page: they are lived, breath after breath. We have been transmitting traditional Ashtanga in Brussels for over fifty years, in the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois — each posture adjusted individually, even in a group class. Here, you don't read yoga: you practise it, guided.

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