Above – the Agakhan Palace aka Gandhi National Memorial in Pune. This is where Gandhi, his wife, Kasturbaji and secretary, Shri Mahadevbhai Desai were imprisoned, and Desai and Kasturbaji died here.

Kathleen and I booked Amin this afternoon to go to the Gandhi Museum. The trip turned out to be a nice surprise. It rained lightly the entire time we were out which made the foliage rich in color for perfect photo opportunities.

I’ll let some of these photos speak for themselves.

  

  
Below, Gandhi’s wife, Kasturba.

Below, Gandhi’s secretary, Desai. The two photos below this one explain his death.

Kasturba’s and Desai’s ashes lie here.  

And here is where a portion of Gandhi’s ashes lie.

Looking down one of the driveways toward the main road.

From down the driveway looking back at the palace.

Closeup view of palace from ground level.

These beautiful flowers were growing around an archway.

Selfie – In the rickshaw – Kathleen, me & Amin

I still have photos to share from when Chris and Cristy were here and of Alandi. Let’s see if I can get them all posted before I leave Monday.

This morning I had a really nice 9am practice before heading out for lunch and museum tour. Tonight Geetaji will be teaching the Friday evening Pranayama class and then she’s giving a talk on Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad Gita. After I read up on the chapter on iBooks to get a little background, it appears this will be interwoven with the teachings of the month.

Did you know … I only have three more nights here?

Back at the Homefront

Precious baby Kando – 3 weeks old. There are plenty more photos where this came from and of the whole family (including Ernie in a couple of them) I will share in the coming days. I can’t wait to hold this little bundle!

Blogged on Amma’s MacBook from iNdia with LOVE!