Lotus Realm

About

Lotus Realm - Musical instruments, Clothing, Gifts, Crystals,Buddhist Paraphanalia, Incense, Jewellery.

Open 7 days

Mon. - Fri 9 am - 5 pm
Sat. 8 am - 4

Story

Lotus Realm Emporium and Music Shop is the Biggest Little Music shop in the Coromandel region. It started life as a Market Barrow Stall in Grahamstown at theThames Markets in 1998, then it bloomed into a tiny secondhand store a couple of years later which further blossomed into a pukka gift shop and music shop, with a wholesale wing importing goods from Australia, India, Indonesia and has evolved as a buddhist Work-as-spiritual-practice model. The Team includes a diverse and talented bunch of individuals who enjoy being part of an enterprise that is aiming to bring more creativity and positive values into the local community. The Lotus Realm is part of the Sudarshanaloka Trust, a registered charity, and supports the efforts of the local Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre situated in a lush bushclad valleyt at Tararu, Thames. The shop acts as a bit of a "front door" to the Retreat Centre and a supply stop for Retreatant needs. We love to meet locals and visitors to our little town (and we are at the cool end of town, in fact we have helped make it the cool end of town!). Lotus Realm also is the home of the Grahamstown Gazette, a little homegrown newsletter promoting creativity, wellbeing, community values and quirky humour. It is entirely free and produced and distributed by volunteers. We welcome involvement in our various activities by volunteers, so if you have some time, skills or enthusiasm to offer, and want to hang out with some friendly folk please come and see us.