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Blessings of Arunachala: A Solo Travelogue

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  This web-book is a fourteen-part travelogue of a solo road trip I did in 2018 from Pune to Tiruvannamalai. It describes all the challenges I faced on the road with my car, my month-long stay in Tiruvannamalai, visits to Sri Ramana Ashram, visiting Virupaksha cave on Arunachala, doing the Girivalam (pradakshina of Mt. Arunachala), and meetings with interesting people in Tiruvannamalai. I hope you enjoy the story. Table of Contents A Swarm of Bikes Battery Dead No Headlights Pyramid Valley Dear Map Lady, I Need a Horse to Enter the Forest Relaxing in Tiruvannamalai Sri Ramana Ashram My Daily Schedule in Tiruvannamalai Conversations An Unlikely Maternity Home The Legendary Arunachala Return to Pune This is a map of the route from Pune to Tiruvannamalai.