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Even more magical than the Dhamma Giri experience may be the location, just three hours northeast from Mumbai (formerly called Bombay).
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Mr. Giri said the Bangladeshi factories that Shahi had used previously for subcontracting work not involving Benetton were busy.
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Shahi carried out its own check, Mr. Giri said, which included ensuring compliance with labor laws and safety standards.
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At the end of the rainy season, the hilltop Dhamma Giri meditation centre in the small Maharashtran town of Igatpuri glistens.
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"We are still coming to terms with the new markers of identity, " says Devya Giri, leader of the women's order.
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Giri Hadihardjono, deputy director of the Strategic Industries Development Board, admits Indonesia has lagged behind many other Asian nations in fostering a car industry.
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Traditionally, farmers in Mr Giri's district cultivated maize and millet.
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One well-known sadhu, Parbat Giri, from Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said the Mela was important because of the sense of community it gave holy men from different orders.
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Today there are 13 retreat centres across the state -- including Dhamma Giri and one right in Mumbai, the Dhamma Pattana Vipassana Centre -- which are open to international visitors as well as locals.
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Ms Leyre, who took the monastic name of Sangam Giri, was the first initiate who chose all her gurus - a Naga monk has five gurus that he or she can choose - from among women.
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Giri, a vice president at Shahi.
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