Journey to India 24-25: Summary
Pilgrimages to sacred places are of great importance and periodical pilgrimages are strongly recommended to aspirants.
This is what Sri Kumar explains in his teachings. And similarly, that group livings enable one recollecting the soul in each other to gain fitness to be in the group and to develop soul awareness.
This overview article is about such a journey.
When I came into contact with the biography “Sripada Srivallabha Charitamrutam” in 2024, I asked Master Kumar why he didn’t mention the avatars of Lord Dattatreya in his book on Sri Dattatreya. He answered, “The West cannot understand.”
I became curious and asked why? He answered, “The West wants to understand”.
My interest grew and the more I got involved by way of translations, studying related sources, creating a website, writing plenty of blogposts, conducting study groups on related topics, and approaching the reality of Dattatreya in various ways, the more dimensions opened to me.
I wanted to see the places mentioned in the books I had read, as first-hand experiences. I had to wait several years until now.
I wanted to give seekers, especially from the West, some keyholes to peep into the sublime reality of Lord Dattatreya, and to give them a door-opener, a guide by way of stories, the stories in the blogposts. For I had observed that it is difficult for Westerners to get access without a guide.
This guide you find in the series available here. There is also information about the January WTT group livings in Visakhapatnam, India for members from the West which have been conducted since 1987. I had regularly been participating since my first journey in 2000/01. May you go on your own discovery journey.
Here is an overview of my journey to India December 2024 – Jan 2024 together with two German friends, Karin and Katrin, documented with 11 blogposts – texts, photos and a video.
You find further information via the links to the places mentioned or to other websites. Especially the links to Google Maps give you a possibility to see many more pictures of the places visited.
Part 1: Pilgrimage to Places of Lord Dattatreya
– The Start: From Europe to WTT Divya Kalanjali, Hyderabad
– Mathangoud – Panchadev Pahad – Kuruvapur
– Gangapur – Kadaganchi – Ladchincholi
– Akkalkot
– Maniknagar
– Srisailam – Arrival
– Srisailam: Mallikarjuna Swamy temple, Aka Mahadevi Caves
– Srisailam: Temples and nearby places
Part 2: Group Life and Guru Pujas
– WTT Group Life in Visakhapatnam
– Master CVV Guru Pujas in Visakhapatnam
– The Last Days: Planetary Healing Center – Office of Rao and Kumar – Journey back home
Video:
– The Sprouting of Spiritual Seeds Time Cycles, Centennial Conclaves of Spiritual Hierarchy and the Importance of the Year 2025 (24 min).
Activate ‘Subtitles’ in YouTube for a better understanding, download here the transcript of the talk.
