More photos of the Buddhist monastery: Lord Buddha: Lord Buddha: Lord Buddha: Buddhist monastery: Sculpture: It was evening time and I could see both sun and moon at that time: [email_link] [print_link] … [Read more...]
Bhilai to Sirpur on bike: Chapter 12: Buddhist monastery, Sirpur: Part 1
After the Baleshwara Mahadeo group of temples we went to see the Buddhist monastery. Excavations have uncovered a Buddhist monastery, which suggests that Sirpur was an important Buddhist center.The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered a Buddha statue dating back to the 6th century along with other sculptures. The Buddha statue, which is in the Padmasana position, … [Read more...]
Trip to Tawang: Part 3: Seven Sisters waterfall, Cherrapunji and Tawang monastery, Tawang
Then, we went to see the Seven Sisters waterfall in Cherrapunji. Seven Sisters Waterfall is a beautiful and famous waterfall in Meghalaya. During monsoon there are seven different falls side by side flowing down the cliff. Hence, the name Seven Sisters. After that we returned to Shillong. The next day we took a bus from Shillong to reach Guwahati. From there we took a … [Read more...]
Dubare Elephant Camp
Date of journey: 23/11/2007 Starting from: Bangalore Destination: Dubare Crew: Maneesh, Bharani, Malik, Sailaja, Arunava and Prasenjit. It was an official trip, we started at night time about 3 am on Friday night on a cab. Some guys watched a movie Chak de India and I slept till we reached Mysore in the morning time. We just had a little break and we moved. We … [Read more...]
Talacauvery
You can read the earlier posts on Coorg: Namdroling Monastery, Kushalnagar, Kaveri Nisargadhama, Coorg, Madikeri and Abbey Falls. After Abbey falls we decided to go to Talacauvery as we need to go back to Bangalore at evening time. The road to Talacauvery is hilly and only the skilled driver can drive along the roads. You can see greenery on the side of the roads and its a … [Read more...]
Abbey Falls
You can read the earlier posts on Coorg: Namdroling Monastery, Kushalnagar, Kaveri Nisargadhama, and Coorg, Madikeri. After spending some time in the park we moved to Abbey falls which is about 10 kms. from Coorg. The falls are covered with mango trees and coffee bushes. We tasted some raw mangoes which a person was selling. It looked like he must have got it from the nearby … [Read more...]
Coorg, Madikeri
You can check the previous posts on Kaveri Nisargadhama and Namdroling Monastery of the Coorg trip. After a nice sleep I got up early in the morning and thought of checking Coorg. We went to nearby hills and took some snap shots. Check out the hills and the beautiful greenery as seen from the woods in the photograph below: Then, we went to a nearby children's park. The … [Read more...]