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Trip Report for the 2019 Leadership Collective

The 360Plus Foundation would like to thank and congratulate everyone who made the 2019 Leadership Collective possible. We are very proud of the 39 students from 9 countries that took a leap out of their comfort zones and traveled together for over 3 weeks. Surely the experience was tiring at times, thrilling at others, and […]

Unexpected Hope

Today I decided to go morning walk at 7 am. I felt that we will be just walking but I didn’t expect that Sridar will take us to the President palace and parliament. When I saw I became too excited because I had never seen such huge president palace and the parliament in my life. […]

Site-Seeing in New Delhi

Yesterday was our first full day in Delhi and to kick off the last leg of the trip, we visited two significant locations: Lotus Temple and the India Gate. The Lotus Temple is a place open to all people regardless of faith, nationality, or any other characteristic. However, it is a temple for the Baha’i […]

India where similarity/equality and bravery/valor

Lotus Temple Yesterday it was a beautiful and amazing day to us. We visited lotus temple . It is symbol of engineering and architecture. It is a new temple. It was built in 1986. It is a Baha”i’ house of worship. It is so peaceful and so beautiful temple. All are one and love in […]

Exploring Delhi

Yesterday morning the lizard’s of Delhi welcomed me. A lazy day in the beginning, went with sessions saying our experience and expectations. Though a lazy day when we were told finish the survey given by Tera, I boosted up my energy. Later we went for lunch in a common place where it was too crowded. […]

A Day at Delhi

We visited the two historical and monumental structures. One is Lotus temple and other one is India Gate. Both are rich in architecture. Lotus temple is so peaceful and Beautiful. One thing that I liked the most about Lotus temple is that there are no potential barriers for religion. All are one and live in […]

Ready to Explore Delhi

My first impression of when I first got to Delhi was that it was very humid but it was no different from what we have already encountered before I’m India. When I woke up, I was welcomed by a curious lizard right outside my door which reminded me of back home where lizards would rest […]

A Real Myth

Yesterday we visited the lotus temple… My first reaction was:” it’s maybe just a temple with a lotus garden” but no the temple is the garden… Each flower of this garden is a religion. And each religion represented who we are… That was not all… We have seen the New Delhi: these Happy kids, this […]

The Galleria

On today’s journey in India the group was featured in a gallery. The subject their photography. It was amazing to see how everyone has their own style, their own vision. Although I find galleries boring and saddening; it brought a smile to my face to see their work. We all have been through some life […]

Day 3: Akshardham

Day 3 takes us to Akshardham, a Swaminarayan temple in Delhi, India. Swaminarayan’s follow a sect of Swaminarayan Hinduism, a form of Vaishnavism (or Vishnu worship). Akshardham is set on a 100 acre campus and serves as an education center and temple for India’s Vishnu worshippers and other guests. Our visit took place on a […]