|
· Spitok
|
-
{Spitok gompa : thousand years
old temple (Gonkhang)}
|
|
· Choglamsar
|
-
{Summer residence of the Dalai Lama + birthday celebration}
|
|
· Hemis |
-
{Hemis gompa : the most
important monastery in Ladakh + cham-dance} |
|
· Shey |
-
{Shey gompa and palace : 600
years old summer palace of the Ladakhi kings} |
| · Leh ® Keylong |
-
{Keylong gompa} |
| · Keylong
®
Manali |
-
{Crossing the Himalayas - Manali
: Buddhist-Hindu border – Dhungri
temple & Gadhan gompa } |
|
· Vhasist |
-
{Vashisht Muni temple – sacred
baths and sădhu
ascetics} |
| Himachal
Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (North India) |
| ·
Manali ®
Dharamsala |
-
{Dharamsala : the residence of
the Dalai Lama – Buddhist monasteries} |
| ·
Dharamsala ®
Amritsar |
-
{Amritsar : center of Sikhism ;
holy pilgrimage site – The Golden Temple} |
|
·
Amritsar ® Varanasi *
|
-
{Varanasi (Benares)
:
the most holy Hindu city – burning ghats, temples and ashrams
& sădhu
ascetics} |
|
· Sarnath |
-
{Buddhist holy pilgrimage site – Mulgandha
Kuti Vihar temple} |
| |
| · Khajuraho**
®
Agra*** |
-
{Agra : ‘The Heart of India’ –
Taj Mahal} |
|
· Fatehpur Sikri |
-
{once the capital of the Mogul empire – intact ancient city} |
|
·
Mathura |
-
{Mathura : Hindu holy pilgrimage
site – the birthplace of Krishna} |
|
·
Vrindaban |
-
{Vrindaban : Hindu holy
pilgrimage site – Krishna lived here} |
| Bihar (North India) |
| · Varanasi*
®
Bodhgaya |
-
{Bodhgaya : Buddhist holy
pilgrimage site – ‘The Tree of Enlightment’} |
|
[·®
Gaya] |
-
{North-Indian avarage city} |
|
[·®
Satna] |
-
{dirty little town at the end of nowhere} |
|
Madhya Pradesh (Central India) |
| · Satna
®
Khajuraho** |
-
{Khajuraho : (was) important
Tantric center – sex-temples} |
|
Rajasthan (North India) |
| · Agra***
®
Jaipur |
-
{Jaipur : the capital of Rajasthan – ‘The Pink City’} |
|
· Amber |
-
{Amber : once a Mogul capital – Amber
palace} |
| · Jaipur
®
Udaipur |
-
{Udaipur : Mogul palace-city
– Lake Pichola} |
| Gujarat (Central India) |
| · Udaipur
®
Ahmedabad |
-
{Ahmedabad : the capital of Gujarat – ‘The City of Dust’ – Muslim center} |
| Maharashtra (Central India) |
| ·
Ahmedabad ®
Aurangabad |
-
{Aurangabad : the capital of
Northern-Maharashstra
– nearby Buddhist and Jaina cave-temples} |
|
·
Ellora |
-
{Ellora : Buddhist, Hindu and
Jaina cave-temples} |
|
·
Ajanta |
-
{Ajanta : Buddhist cave-temples} |
| ·
Aurangabad ®
Bombay |
-
{Bombay : the capital of Maharashstra
– (was) a părsi center} |
|
·
Elephanta |
-
{the island of Elephanta :
Hindu cave-temples} |
