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Sanchi Slideshow
Sanchi
Travel Blogs from Sanchi, India
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Super Stupa's and much more
... a market in town, only small but with fod. We bought tickets to visit the Bhuddist temples and Stupa's on a hill above Sanchi. It's a very interesting place with lots of stuff all over the hillside, temples, Stupa's and various other ruins. It was used ...
One stop too many
Orccha is another small village in Madhha Pradesh, with an old palace and some temples. It is on the way back from Khajurao so we decided to stop. Although the palace was good, complete with several very ugly vultures nesting on the top, we had ...
Agra to Varanasi - our first train experience
We are on the thirteen hour long train from Agra to Varanasi having boarded at 23.30 and found that our supposed beds of 2 up 2 down, was in fact 2 up 1 down and 1 down across the passage. This was due to a rather large Indian male sleeping like the ...
Escaping to Zen and tribal tranquility
... the outside din and found the right bus to Sanchi, bumping along the terrible roads but at least there were signs of resurfacing. Sanchi is a small village about 2 hours drive away from Bhopal. On the hill above the streets is one of the most important ...
Anyone seen the mosque?
... at the same time, interchanging every few words - sounds hilarious), we talked about the differences between the West and India and hardship for even middle-class women, still needing permission to do anything and limited choice in selecting husband. ...
The Taj
After a fairly horrific 14 hour bus ride we arrived in Agra at 7:30am. Dave and I were stuffed in a 3x5 foot capsule and expected to sleep. It's really taken our friendship to the next level. I think at one stage I was using his leg as ...
Visiting a 3rd Century BC Buddhist Stupa
... motivations, Ashoka's support for the spread of Buddhism resulted in the construction of massive stupas, such as the early stupa at Sanchi, and other forms of sculpture and art. Ashoka's legacy is a sculpture of four lions sitting on an abacus with ...
Review on Gateway Retreat
Gateway Retreat I visited the Stupa's at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh with my parents a year ago. The stay there was quite enjoyable. The Gateway Retreat that we rested at offered its customers AC rooms and a restaurant that served some of the most delicious ...
sanchi
Em Sanchi fica as primeiros monumentos budistas feito pelo Ashoka. (Rei q se converteu e espalhou o budismo na India). Dizem que sao os melhores monumentos budistas da india. esperava mais... na epoca q a stupa (essa meia bola) foi feita eles ainda ...
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