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06/03/2026
🌄 Women's Day Event - Weekend Trek Plan + Deer Feeding
The kids love it and as adults, it so fulfilling to be in nature and also spend time with Wildlife. This will be a wholesome Sunday !
Last trek before the next 2 months of heat wave ! 🫣
• Participants must carry personal medication if any.
• Follow Leave No Trace principles – respect nature 🌿
• Trek schedule may slightly vary based on weather & forest permissions.
• Strictly no littering / no alcohol during trek.
• Participants must adhere to trek leader instructions at all times for safety.
A taste to remember! Tanto Pizzas are woodfired, soft breaded, and just rhe right sauce. Their rocket leaf salad was indeed like eating a garden and the soup was something i wanted to order twice !
I want to share this experience with you, pizza indulgence at Tanto!
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
We have all heard of solar heaters and solar cookers, right ? Have you heard of a full fledged solar kitchen ??? The meal you see here, is made at a fully operational solar kitchen ! Everything is organically grown and the taste, oh my god! If you can differentiate between gas cooking and wood fire cooking, you'll definitely feel the taste difference here as well !
I want to share this experience with you, taste of food cooked at . It was so enlighting.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
Is Spirulina something you'd like to try ? Have you heard of it ? Seen it ? Smelled it ? Tasted it ? It is the highest source of natural proteins for vegetarians !
Here at the farm, one is educated about Spirulina, it is cultivated and many other natural products can be bought from their store for a healthy living.
I want to share this experience with you, Awareness of Spirulina. It was so enlighting.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
The final product is ready, BAMBOO LIGHT with artisan Manipal. Choosing to do this workshop was a conscious decision to allow all sensory organs to indulge in creative thinking. Being welcomed to the work station and allowed to make my own design instead of selecting from a catalogue felt like such a freedom. In this post, you can see the workshop, preparation of Bamboo and the design drawn on the bamboo which will soon come into life.
Doing something hands-on has become so rare since we're always so wired with work or killing time on cellphones, laptops, tabs, Ai, etc.
I want to share this experience with you, make and take workshop.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
Can you work these tools ? Get hands-on with natural materials like bamboo ? Do you want to interact with the artisans community ? Choosing to do this workshop was a conscious decision to allow all sensory organs to indulge in creative thinking. Being welcomed to the work station and allowed to make my own design instead of selecting from a catalogue felt like such a freedom. In this post, you can see the workshop, preparation of Bamboo and the design drawn on the bamboo which will soon come into life.
Doing something hands-on has become so rare since we're always so wired with work or killing time on cellphones, laptops, tabs, Ai, etc.
I want to share this experience with you, make and take workshop.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
Doing something hands-on has become so rare since we're always so wired with work or killing time on cellphones, laptops, tabs, Ai, etc. Choosing to do this workshop was a conscious decision to allow all sensory organs to indulge in creative thinking. Being welcomed to the work station and allowed to make my own design instead of selecting from a catalogue felt like such a freedom. In this post, you can see the workshop, preparation of Bamboo and the design drawn on the bamboo which will soon come into life.
I want to share this experience with you, make and take workshop.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
She is from the Toy Pony species. She is her full age and has grown to her full size. She's a softy and very gentle with kids. She was the latest rescue and now efforts are going behind fund raising to make a proper shelter for her. At the stables, trust basis relationship with the horses is the key. Trust goes both ways.
At this stable, you're allowed to feed the horses, interact with them, kids ride them and simply get to know them and always be empathetic. All the horses at the stables are rescues from across India. They are deeply loved here and their care comes from donations across the world.
They are good companions to human beings and help in the well being of neuro-diverse cases.
I want to share this experience with you, A Day at the Stables. It was so satisfying.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
Meet Princess 👸 Princess is the youngest horse at the stable and the snobby one of all! If you don't know how to be with a horse and be their boss, she will understand in a jiffy, and show you that she is the boss. She's the fastest, strongest and the most well groomed of all the horses. Only the best can ride her and the rest are only allowed to watch.
All the horses at the stables are rescues from across India. They are deeply loved here and their care comes from donations across the world. They are good companions to human beings and help in the well being of neuro-diverse cases.
I want to share this experience with you, A Day at the Stables. It was so satisfying.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
Meet Flame 🔥 Flame is the oldest horse at the stable and the grandma of everyone! She's been here the longest and keeps everyone else in check. Its easy to communicate with her because she's very empathetic.
All the horses at the stables are rescues from across India. They are deeply loved here and their care comes from donations across the world. They are good companions to human beings and help in the well being of neuro-diverse cases.
I want to share this experience with you, A Day at the Stables. It was so satisfying.
Stay tuned for details on our upcoming event - A SOULFUL ESCAPE - Experience Auroville with ABC !
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Bangalore is a beautiful city stereotyped as the “IT capital” and the “pub city”. I migrated to this and in 2002 from North of India. Bangalore comprising of a cosmopolitan crowd, I never had the need to pick up the local language, everyone understands Hindi and the crown in general is quite educated. I have been through all the phases in this city, residing in the CBD, right from primary school to high school to college to the professional world. Every facet of this city fascinates me, be it history, landscape, development, public interactions, the bureaucracy, music events, government organised events, etc etc.
When my relatives from North of India visit Bangalore, its always used as a transit route to Coorg or Ooty or Kodaikanal etc etc. They say Bangalore does not have anything to offer other than the pub culture and being inhabited by the youth in majority. The pub culture is prevalent, we cannot deny that, due to the heritage pubs that still serve, the number of expats, the tourism and the newly hired working crowd dominate the pubs.
Stepping away from that domain as soon as college ended, Poo (a good friend) used to take me, along with a few others to different spots around the city just to sit and relax and be away from the daily humdrum affairs of an urban lifestyle. We covered numerous spots, and all I wanted was to learn how to drive then. After 5 months of chilling, I applied for a job as an interior designer and all the explorations came to a halt.
8 months into work, I learnt an automatic and convinced my parents for a car. When the car came, I never drove it for the first 3 months. During the rainy season, I was forced to take the car to work everyday. Two month of practicing and the highways became my best friends. My explorations resumed, this time in my car, and a different crowd every time.
I have covered over 12 different spots (lakes and treks) around the city in my first 3 months. Every weekend is truly dedicated to finding places, writing about them, taking people with me at a minimal cost, and spreading the word. This city and its suburbs has a lot to offer, namely lakes, dams, hills, treks, strong winds, caves, water caves etc etc, the only issue is, we don’t know about them.
My aim is to spread the word about Bangalore’s beauty and experiences, to the locals, to the migrants and primarily to the foreign visitors. Have you seen what is kept at the concierge in the hotels here, pamphlets by the government tourism authorities and the private travel companies?, They are outrageous. If anyone has even traveled to Greece or Dubai or Singapore or even Sri Lanka for that matter, they make the most of the foreign revenue generated with their investments in the right place, like tourism, hospitality, transport infrastructure, cultural events etc, everything done systematically and aesthetically. The citizens and the tourists enjoy and value and cherish moments spent with loved ones doing activities, exploring nature, anticipating the next moment and simply capturing them in their hearts and phones. The government should give this to them. Why not? Yes, if one of the travel spots does gain a lot of popularity, rules and regulations will be laid down by the local authorities to be followed, or like anything else in Bangalore, it will be banned. So let’s enjoy the freedom and let everyone else experience it too.
