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field work | cultural anthrpology | orientalism | travels
Timewarp: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005
Field Work 1.
NORTH INDIA 1995
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Picture Gallery |
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| · Spitok |
- {Spitok gompa : thousand years old temple (Gonkhang)} |
| · Choglamsar |
- {Summer residence of the Dalai Lama + birthday celebration} |
| · Hemis |
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{Hemis gompa : the most important monastery in Ladakh + cham-dance} |
| · Shey |
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{Shey gompa and palace : 600 years old summer palace of the Ladakhi
kings} |
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Leh »
Keylong |
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{Keylong gompa} |
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Keylong »
Manali |
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{Crossing the Himalayas - Manali : Buddhist-Hindu border – Dhungri
temple & Gadhan gompa } |
| · Vhasist |
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{Vashisht Muni temple – sacred baths and sădhu ascetics} |
Himachal
Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (North
India) |
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Manali »
Dharamsala |
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{Dharamsala : the residence of the Dalai Lama – Buddhist monasteries} |
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Dharamsala »
Amritsar |
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{Amritsar : center of Sikhism ; holy pilgrimage site – The Golden
Temple} |
| · Amritsar » Varanasi * |
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{Varanasi (Benares) : the most holy Hindu city – burning ghats,
temples and ashrams & sădhu ascetics} |
| · Sarnath |
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{Buddhist holy pilgrimage site – Mulgandha Kuti Vihar temple} |
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Khajuraho** »
Agra*** |
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{Agra : ‘The Heart of India’ – Taj Mahal} |
| · Fatehpur Sikri |
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{once the capital of the Mogul empire – intact ancient city} |
| · Mathura |
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{Mathura : Hindu holy pilgrimage site – the birthplace of Krishna} |
| · Vrindaban |
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{Vrindaban : Hindu holy pilgrimage site – Krishna lived here} |
Bihar
(North India) |
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Varanasi* »
Bodhgaya |
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{Bodhgaya : Buddhist holy pilgrimage site – ‘The Tree of Enlightment’} |
| [» Gaya] |
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{North-Indian avarage city} |
| [» Satna] |
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{dirty little town at the end of nowhere} |
| Madhya Pradesh (Central India) |
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Satna »
Khajuraho** |
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{Khajuraho : (was) important Tantric center – sex-temples} |
| Rajasthan (North India) |
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Agra*** »
Jaipur |
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{Jaipur : the capital of Rajasthan – ‘The Pink City’} |
| · Amber |
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{Amber : once a Mogul capital – Amber palace} |
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Jaipur »
Udaipur |
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{Udaipur : Mogul palace-city – Lake Pichola} |
Gujarat
(Central India) |
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Udaipur »
Ahmedabad |
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{Ahmedabad : the capital of Gujarat – ‘The City of Dust’ – Muslim center} |
Maharashtra
(Central India) |
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Ahmedabad »
Aurangabad |
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{Aurangabad : the capital of
Northern-Maharashstra
– nearby Buddhist and Jaina cave-temples} |
| · Ellora |
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{Ellora : Buddhist, Hindu and Jaina cave-temples} |
| · Ajanta |
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{Ajanta : Buddhist cave-temples} |
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Aurangabad »
Bombay |
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{Bombay : the capital of Maharashstra – (was) a părsi
center} |
| · Elephanta |
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{the island of Elephanta : Hindu cave-temples} |
I have visited the following 46 holy temples - if you do, you will understand the significance:
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I have also studied Hindu religious behavior in more than a 116 Hindu temples in Nepal. Interested? » Check it out... |
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I have also visited more than a 40 Buddhist monasteries in Western-Tibet. Interested? » Check it out... |
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Want to know more?
» Check out the chronology of all my Travels .
» Check out my work at the ELTE BTK and the Buddhist College.
» My Oriental Studies relate too.
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