As we drove through India, we were often reminded of another sort of pilgrimmage – to places featured in popular movies. This double rock outcropping in Ramanagara was the setting for the Indian classic film “Sholay” which ran for 286 continuous weeks in a theater in Mumbai.

The Mysore Palace.

A flat tire is never fun, but fortuitously this one occurred just a few kilometers from our destination in Bangalore.

Shree Maa and Swamiji are escorted to the other car. See previous section