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We were invited in to her home, a one room home.

She demonstrated how they make designs in chalk in the concrete in front of her home.

Not to be out done by a neighbor that demonstrates his skill of drawing designs.

Neighbors in another home in the village

Dennis explaining our visit and he learning about the abilities of this woman to chase off demons with a ceremony.

The village leader and the woman with the powers to chase off demons listening to Dennis speak to us.

Neighbors come to meet the visitors and watch the ceremony to chase any demons from a person

Dennis was the volunteer to have the demons removed from his life by this lady and the branches she hits him over the head with. Quite interesting.

Walking past another village home

Grand Circle Foundations is funds donated by Travelers of Overseas Adventure Travel, our tour company. They have donated funds to build the next photo a temple for the village. They do this all over the world.

This temple in the village has been built with funds from travelers of Overseas Adventure Travel donated to Grand Circle Foundation. Grand Circle Foundations builds many buildings, schools and more with funds donated to them all over the world.

Grand Circle Foundation. their Motto, Changes lives. One project at a time. Grand Circle Foundation together with the Anoba Lewis Family Foundation, has pledged or donated $250 million dollars for 500 projects in 59 countries.

Lunch was prepared for our group by a group of local ladies from the village. It was delicious.

Lunch was served as is the custom on a banana leaf. Many times you eat your foods with only one hand.

After lunch we had time to ask questions to our hosts. We learned of the recent rise in suicide rates in farming communities like this community due to an inability to repay loans taken to purchase seeds and fertilizers . We also learned that the problem is not acknowledged by the Indian government.

Descent of the Ganges, known locally as Arjuna's Penance, is a monument at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Chengalpattu district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Measuring 96 by 43 feet, it is a giant open-air rock relief carved on two monolithic rock boulders.

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