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Shirdi
After an 8 hour journey we arrived in Shirdi, home of Sai Baba and a recommended place to visit. When we arrived we checked in our hotel - a hotel that is part of the 'Best Western' chain, and we then went to the temple straight away. We then spent some time wondering around the market, browsing the various stalls, before making our way back to the hotel for some food, and to have an early night. ...
The End
... the website. We obliged and got more sweaty handshakes before heading back to the flat and going down like the Hindenberg.
Friday
My last full day of field work went better than expected, with the RAs working hard to get through an impressive 22 subjects throughout the day. But as the behavioral testing was running smoothly, the EEG testing had not yet started and was beginning to worry me. It took several attempts to find a practice subject with ...
Intensity
13 SEP 2011
Anil is always full of surprises. September 11th marked the end of the 10-day Ganesh festival and we began our evening by rushing out of the hotel in "bad clothes" per Vinay's impromptu warning that we might get some paint thrown on us at the street celebration. The loaded auto navigated us toward the beating heart of Ahmednagar and dropped us off when the density of the crowd prohibited further progress. Hundreds of meters away from ...
Visit to Shirdi's Sai Baba
9th Sept 2011 : Train Karnataka Express departed from NewDelhi Railway Station at 9.30 PM. Berth was reserved, so after taking dinner slept at night.
10th Sept 2011: Arrive at KoperGaon at 5.30 , Went to Hotel Sai budget palace (1800/- per night Double bed ) near Shirdi Temple via auto (250/-, distance 16 km) . Hotel is situated at 5 min walk from Temple. Went to temple to get Sai baba blessing , queue was long with 30-45 ...
Sai Baba
As we continued through Maharashtra we couldn't resist stopping off to see the place whre Shirdi Sai-Baba spent most of his time. A very holy man who worshipped equally between Mosques and Hindu Temples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Baba_o f_Shirdi
We took the local bus (semi deluxe) and although a bit of a boneshaker it wasn't too bad... Keep reading ...