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Field Work 1.

NORTH-INDIA 1995

Hindu temples

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Place: North-India
Time: 21st June 1995 – 20th August
Goal: Preparatory exploration for Field Work 2. (Getting familiar with cross cultural Hindu and Buddhist religious phenomena.)
Participants: Bence Tarr & Daniel Tarr
Itinerary:

New Delhi	- {New Delhi - Capital of India}
New Delhi » Jammu	- {» Jammu & Kashmir state: Jammu - Rambireswar temple}
Jammu » Shrinagar	- {» Kashmir : Shrinagar = Capital of Kashmir}
Pahal Gam	- {Muslim mountain village}
Shrinagar » Kargil	- {Crossing the Himalayas - Kargil: Muslim-Buddhist border}
Ladakh (Western-Tibet)
Kargil » Leh	- {Leh = Capital of Ladakh: Tsemo & Sankar gompa, palace}
· Tikse	- {Tikse gompa : the biggest monastery in Ladakh+big library}
· 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}

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Hindu Temples in India

I have visited the following 46 holy temples - if you do, you will understand the significance:

Lakshmi Narayam - Delhi Raghunath - Jammu Rambireswar - Jammu Dhungri Mahimba - Manali {UP} Vashisht Muni Rama - Vashisht {UP}
Varanasi (Benares) temples
Vishvanath Durga Tulsi Manas	Bharat Mata Manikarnika Ghat Harishchandra Ghat
Mulgandha Kuti Vihar - Sarnath {UP} Shankaracharya Math - Bodhgaya {Bihar}
Khajuraho temples
Adinath Parsvanath Matangesvara Lakshmi Lakshmana Chitragupta Devi Jagadamba Mahadeva Kandariya Mahadev Chausath Yogini	Varaha Nandi Vishvanath Vamana Javari Brahma Ghantai Shanti Nath Duladeo

Mathura and Vrindavan temples
Shri Krishna Janmbhoomi Vishram Ghat Dwarkadheesh Rangaji	Govind Dev Krishna Balaram Nidhi Van Radha Ballabh	Bankey Bihari Madan Mohan Pagal Baba Gita Mandir
Jagdish - Udaipur Shiva Trimurti - Elephanta

	I have also studied Hindu religious behavior in more than a 116 Hindu temples in Nepal. Interested? » Check it out...
	I have also visited more than a 40 Buddhist monasteries in Western-Tibet. Interested? » Check it out...

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» 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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