Welcome to the blog for the Elmira College May Term Travel Class to India.  We will regularly update this blog as our class travels through India in May 2012.  Our first entry is an image of the Hindu god Ganesha.  Most homes and businesses in India have a small niche by the door for an image or statue of Ganesha, to remind everyone that every day is a new beginning.  More important to us, Ganesha is the god of new starts and auspicious travels.  He removes obstacles, and he's also the god of learning.