Mahabalipuram

Yesterday, we went to Mahabalipuram for a sunrise meditation and saw an ancient Shiva temple, that is no longer in use, on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. We had kirtan there at this 1000 year old temple and as it says in the Vedas, God's names are transcendental and are non-different from the Lord Himself and wherever people are chanting any of His millions of names, He is there as well. Sometimes even the demigods, like Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma come to hear the melodic chanting of God's devotees and as we sung I realized it was probably many, many decades since the temple had heard such heartfelt kirtan and felt Lord Shiva, Krishna's greatest devotee, smiling upon us as we sang the holy names at his temple on the shore.

Shiva Temple

Later we went and had darshan of Lord Vishnu at an ancient temple that is still in use and the difference energetically was very apparent, the presence of God was very much alive and real there and we saw deities of Lakshmi, Nrsimhadeva, and the Murti of Garuda, Vishnu's bird carrier. This city is well known for the masterful skill of their stone carvers and it has one of the largest bas-reliefs in the world, second only to Angor Wat in Cambodia. As you will see in the movie I made above, the craftsmanship is stunning, the music is of course by Red Rock Rishis, Dasarath Pandit from Sedona and yours truly on back up vocals......enjoy!