"Daruka Dasa of the Kaliya Mardana Krishna Ashram is seen using the skate-board in the local market of coastal town of Mulki, just north of Mangalore, Karnataka, India.  ..Krishna devotees in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, they are known collectively as the ""surfing swamis."" The ""surfing ashram"" is growing in popularity and surfing here is a form of meditation, a spiritual practice leading to heightened states of awareness."
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