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"Verum est, certum et verissimum, quod est, superius naturam habet inferioram et ascendens naturam descendentis."

field work | cultural anthrpology | orientalism | travels

India

  • Field Work 1.

    NORTH INDIA 1995

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    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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