NKK Dance Centre

exactly 7 years ago in late March 2019 NKK Dance Centre began like this with the perimeter wall going up, after the ceremony to ask permission and blessings from the land spirits, and digging a well which gave us the gift of water from the ground. Today, we are blessed to have come so far in exactly 7 years from this moment, when humbly we began, step by step, not knowing really what the dance centre would eventually become.

the dance centre is blessed to have a profusion of blooming sacred plants this month. Reported before, and again here, the Sacred Garlic Pear tree is dense with blossoms, and has prompted us to know more about it. It turns out that this tree is typically planted in temples or near them and is revered for it's 'deep-rooted association with Hindu, Buddhist and local spiritual traditions' here in southeast Asia. It is worshipped for its protective, divine energy and appreciated for its Ayurvedic medicinal powers. We now have a deepened appreciation for this tree; besides being stunning to look at, it has a venerable presence that we are blessed to be close to. To add to the joy, the lotus flowers are suddenly blooming after months of absence, and the long-awaited Cannon-ball tree flowers, from a tree also associated with temple grounds, are now sprouting exuberantly from our tree for the first time to this extent since we planted it over 6 years ago. We are so happy and blessed.

beside the lotus pond, this Sacred Garlic Pear tree, which spends much of the year bare-as-if-dead (at least this specimen), is now leafy and blooming in its once-a-year fluorescence which so touches us at the dance centre

less known than the white one, the yellow champaca (the magnolia family) with its creamy intoxicating floral scent is blooming at the dance centre

Good Morning from Hul Rasy and Apumi at the dance centre!

kite flying season at the dance centre