Category Archive for 'temple'

Trip to Mandawa

A fabulous trip to Mandawa in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. On the journey from Delhi to Mandawa a group of brightly clad Rajasthani women carrying Ganga Jal to a temple, the tall gateway to Mandawa town so narrow that a bus can just about scrape through, camel and donkey carts have right of way [...]

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Serenity in Delhi?

Incongruous as this may sound, serenity can be found in New Delhi. At the Bahá’í House of Worship [the Lotus Temple, as it is commonly called here].  Peace and quiet inside the temple, eyes closed, meditative thoughts, the “outside” world disappeared.  This is one place of worship that I would go back to yet again [...]

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Mystical

10th July 2010. A drive from Sidhora to the river Sutlej at Suni / Tatta Pani down in the valley. View of the Sutlej river ~ The Sutlej at Tattapani ~ Idols at the Shiv and Hanuman temple at Tattapani ~ The old bridge at Tattapani ~ The last picture is inside the small temple, [...]

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22nd Nov 09. Morning trip to Sonargaon village with Stein. We intended to get there well before 7am so that we could scout out a vantage point to watch and photograph the sunrise. A slight delay, but we still got there in time to watch the sky turn magenta at pre-dawn to a grey pink [...]

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The first image is Wat Phra Kaew [Temple of the Emerald Buddha] as viewed from the Grand Palace grounds, the 2nd is a building at the Grand Palace. The “emerald” Buddha is actually made from jade/jasper and not emerald….. The others photographs are from Wat Pho [famous for the massive Reclining Buddha which is 15 mtrs [...]

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