Today was our last full day in Bellur. The bus will be here to pick us up at 6:30am to take us to the Bangalore airport to begin the second leg of our trip. From there we will fly to Chennai.

Since my night time is your morning, I have already had a full Monday. You may be having breakfast, but our last dinner starts soon. I’m already packed with the exception of the toiletries I’ll need before leaving.

Today the Brahmans got up very early and came to cook us a feast for lunch. I took some photos, but you won’t get to see those until my next post because I’m trying to keep my writings and photos chronological. I will say this, the feast was incredible.

We are currently having a thunderstorm, which has been an almost daily occurrence. The weather app is telling me we’ll have more of the same as we continue our journey. Fear not. I brought an umbrella.

The first picture, below, is a view of the practice hall from Salamba Sarvangasana (aka shoulder stand). Because in this pose you balance on your shoulders with the back of the head/neck on the floor looking up to the ceiling, this is what the view looks like. The ceiling has things hanging for acoustic purposes, but it’s really quite abstract and I thought it would make a good photo. I was right.

I will share the final Bellur photos, including the feast, in my next post.

Blogged on Amma’s iDevices with love.