Sharanam House is built to stay cool in summer and warm in winter. There are pipes under the floors where warm or cold water flows, depending on the season. It’s taken Pranava 6+ years to realize his vision for a guest house for the international devotees of his guru, and the kinks are still being worked out. Right now the pump for the heating/cooling is not working, and we’ve been using the fan and keeping the door open at night. There are a couple of other cooling systems in place as well (a misting system, and manually spraying the vetiver blinds on the serpentine ramp that winds its way around the building (the ramp represents kundalini). The building is not to be believed; suffice to say that we are living inside of a piece of devotional art/architecture. I hope to post pictures if/when WiFi works and/or Sumanta brings a local SIM card. In the meantime you can see several of them on Facebook (@yogikaliom or https://m.facebook.com/yogikaliom/)
So far, though, we’ve been quite comfortable. When I was convalescing from my fall, it never occurred to me that I’d rather be ‘home’ in order to heal and feel better (which is usually the case). Instead, I felt like I was already there.
Jai Guru!
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In other news, we had a long list of grocery items that we needed (ghee, toilet paper, dishwashing liquid, ginger, cardamom, moong dal, etc) and engaged Keval Kumar to take us shopping in his ricksha. We thought we were going to a supermarket. Instead, we ended up going to a couple of local vendors who had everything we needed hiding in the back of the store. The man in charge would yell out what we wanted to a man or men in back, who would dig it out and either throw or hand it to him. Using photos, pointing, and asking nearby customers to translate, we got everything we needed — and learned some new words in the process.
DUUUDE! - milk
Kishmish - raisins
SO! - 100
Jai Guru!
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