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Vrindavan Slideshow
Vrindavan
Travel Blogs from Vrindavan, India
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On the way to Colchin - Kerala - Entrained
... me of my own; the grandmother, Pushpa (flowers) who asked through her grandchildren how much money I have spent in India (!!!???) and the children, Swati (pearl), and Shubham; and their friends; Akanksha (to fulfill everyone's dreams), and Naitik (decent ...
Taj Majal - encore & flash back
... left. [Note: a kind of foreign tourist tax; there are about 50 rupees to the dollar, and the entrance fee for citizens of India is much lower: viz. 10-15 rupees.] When I went in line to go inside, there were some older ladies from rural India ...
McDonald' s the Metro, and Michelle
... particular, there were at least 10 young electrical engineers who were being trained for aspects of electrical power production in India. Two women were among them. I had some great conversations about nuclear power, given the Japanese ...
Travelling and Eating In Style
Flashback to Roadside Restaurants Mar. 16/11 I thought that I would show you another "side" of India. One that challenges stereotypes. Especially since the pictures I have been sending you have that 3rd world look, cows, unbelievable ...
Miracle Mirage - Taj Majal
... . [Actually the jewels are long gone, "colonized" away. eg. the famous diamond in the crown of the monarch of England comes from India, not from the Taj Mahal, but from other impressive sites.] Yes, I'm taking in the T. M., one of the wonders of the ...
The world turns pink
... floor was polished marble. It would be a perfect place for a party. Hare Om. The next day, we ventured out to explore Vrindavan. All the streams and sewers were running pink, the streets were ingrained with a pink hue and walls were splashed with colours. ...
Rural India - Wheat, Weed and Biofuel Basket
Mar. 18/11 It was another facet of India. The bread basket. We crossed the river at Vrindaban and walked through the irrigated fields. A beautiful silence enveloped us, alternating with the songs of birds and the steady put-put-put ...
monkey merchant specta-cular!
Mar. 19/11 We were warned about the monkeys at Vrindaban. They have evolved into highly specialized food gatherers and merchants. Their specialty: people of all shapes and sizes with wearing spectacles. Their tactic: to swoop ...
Krishna's birthplace
... from Vrindavan is Mathura, the birth place of the most beloved Lord Krishna. It is believed that Krishna spent his youth in Vrindavan, playing flute among his milk-maid admirers. It is one of the most holy place for Hindus, and a major destination ...
The Ivory Tower
... people, all pushing and shoving to get darshan, and after viewing the most abject poverty I have seen, whilst driving to Vrindavan, suddenly arriving in a huge (tallest building in Vrindavan) cream coloured tower, inside which all is (relative) calm it ...
Birth place of Krishna
... nbsp; My highlight for today was visiting Maharahji's (Neem Karoli Baba) temple here in Vrindavan. it was truly like home. I got to sing the Hanuman Chalisa in his room. The pujari there was fascinated by my ...
Pilger aus aller Welt
Dieser schoene kleine, wenig bekannte und ruhige Ort ist zufaellig ein anderes wichtiges Pilgerzentrum in Indien, das wir unterschaetzt hatten, so dass wir gleich mal nur schwer ein Zimmer finden konnten, da wir Festivalsaison ...
Visiting Temples
Devdas invited Jugannath, Lila and I to go to the Ramakrishna temple with him, so we set off walking there, pursued by two beggar children who were very persistent. Even being visibly annoyed with them did not discourage them. Finally, a man on a ...
Focus on Kali
... . Everyone had to pick a special word which they had to use as an answer to any question asked of them. The game soon deteriorated as the children and Lila picked more and more dirty words. I dreamt that Lalita and Shamani came to join us in India. ...
La citta dei templi - Vrindava, Hare Krisna
... Bene, durante la mia giornata di visita, ero contento come un bambino, perchÈ Ë quello che ho trovato. Qui a Vrindavan, che consiglio di visitare. Forse, perÚ, non sono obiettivo. Innanzi tutto perchÈ Vrindavan Ë la prima ...
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Everyday is a Parikrama [during Kartik]
... and I, after attending 4am Mangal Arti (prayers, songs, and offerings), decided to spend the morning doing the Vrindavan Parikram. This is a 6 mile walk encircling the town which supposedly encompasses 5,000 temples--everything from small shrines to huge ...
First Days in Vrindavan
... . She was a natural in India, maybe because she’d been conceived there, and had already travelled in India in my womb. The busy town of Vrindavan itself was testing. There were so many monkeys to watch out for, and Eleanor’s Barbie doll could ...
Mathura and Vrindavan. Under Krishna's spell.
Under Krishna’s spell. Mathura and Vrindavan ( India). Krishna is one of the most popular figures in the Hindu religion. He is considered as a reincarnation of Vishnu. Mathura (in Uttar Pradesh ), on the banks of the Yamuna river, is where ...
I've always believed in impermanence of the body
... dropped flowers as if they were part of the ceremony. Malati turned to me and said "they really don't hide anything here in India. And they really shouldn't have to." I smiled in agreement. We then crossed the river once more to ...
Da Delhi a Vrindavan - Z Dilli do Vrindavanu
... ;děli ani to, kde budeme spát..... (pokracovani priste) ============================================================ ==== ITALIANO Jan 06 - Arrivo a Vrindavan L'ingresso di Main Bazar (la via del nostro hotel a Delhi) è chiuso ...
Circumnavigating Goverdhan Hill
... have been walking beside exclaims "we are walking in the dust of the most sacred hill or place in the most sacred city of Vrindavan, in India, the most sacred country in the world!" and puts her hands up while closing her eyes. I turn my face forward, ...
Beggars of Loi Bazaar
... . It was the same old pattern for me. I could never stick it out with anyone. The bhava I had felt in the earlier Vrindavan days had already become lost to me. I felt like I needed to be alone and vulnerable again, to regain my emotional purity, and to ...
Lads in the Park
... turned out to be most flirtatious. Lila and I had quite a laugh with her, particularly in a park, where the young men of Vrindavan gathered around us. One cool dude in dark glasses was selected to marry Lila, and all those lads urged us to return the ...
Vrindavan
... sewer gutters, beggers, trash, wondering cows, pigs and skinny dogs. Not exactly the picture of a blissful holy village. Vrindavan is the holliest of hindu places for Krishna washipers (its where Krishna spent his childhood and where he supposedly still ...
Vrindavan Parikrama
We braved walking the nine mile parikrama around Vrindavan. I had the challenging austerity of carrying Eleanor all that way. She would only accept me carrying her, no-one else, so I struggled in the heat, but determination to complete the parikrama kept ...
Hello America
... way I've grown up to develop me into the person I've become and strive to become. And so here I am in Vrindavan, India, considered by the Hare Krishnas to be the holiest city in the world, with over 5,000 temples, and feeling so ...
Cat: Well, it is a train to Agra
Today we took an auto rickshaw past India Gate, Purana Qila, to Hayuman's Tomb, where we took a lot of pictures. On the walk up to the first big fancy entrance gate, a small squirrel/chipmunk type of creature (it has a bushy tail but is smaller and has ...
Indian Cuisine
... little as far as technology, especially with regards to communication and transportation. Even today in many remote villages throughout rural India the main form of transportation is still the bicycle. I believe this, because when I went to Amritsar ...
Magical Vrindavan and Blossoming Love
... free version especially for us. Ishwar was having dreams about Krishna. While he meditated Gupta, Mala and I took a rickshaw ride around Vrindavan, visiting the many temples. We saw Krishna Rama dioramas and a cow statue with a tap from one of its ...
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