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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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 [...]
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, [...]
Sonargaon revisited
Posted in Heritage, Hindu, mist, Ruins, Sonargaon, Stein Naevdal, sunrise, temple on Nov 22nd, 2009
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 [...]
At Wat Pho, Bangkok
Posted in Bangkok, Buddhism, Heritage, Monastery, temple, Thailand, Wat, Wat Phra Kaew on Jul 30th, 2008
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 [...]