| · 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} |
