Hello
everyone
This week
we are in India in the city Ludhiana and there is a lot to do here. We’ve visited many things and it was e very
busy week. We’ve visited some museums, religious sights, architecture sights,
some gardens, monuments, palace and we went shopping in china town.
We’ve
visited 2 museums: the Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya and the Tibet Museum. The Rashtriya
Manav Sangrahalaya is a safari park. Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya has a
hillside complex and this complex gives you the change to get a taste of India’s
450-plis tribes without visiting an Adivasi. The hilltop has a mythological
trail and conventional museum on the hilltop.
Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
The Tibet
Museum is situated inside the main entry gate of the Tsuglagkhang Complex. The Tibet
Museum tells the tragic story of the Chinese occupation and the subsequent
Tibetan exodus through photgraphs, interviews and video clips.
The Tibet Museum
There are a
lot religious sights here in India, we’ve visited 2 religious sights: The Sri
Meenakshi Temple and the Mother Teresa’s Mission and
Motherhouse. The Sri Meenakshi Temple is the abode of the triple-breasted,
fish-eyed Goddes Meenakshi Amman. This temple is considered to be the height of
South Indian temple architecture. The towers are carved with staggering array
of gods, goddesses, demons and heroes.
Meenakshi temple
Goddes Meenakshi Amman
The Mother
Teresa’s Mission and Motherhouse has a small museum that displays Teresa’s worn
sandals and battered enamel dinner-bowl. The visitors pay respect at Mother
Teresa’s tomb that is situated within the Sisters of Charity’s Motherhouse.
We’ve
visited this week also 3 architecture sights in India: the Neelkantha Mahadev
Temple, Gurdwara Bangla sahib and the Kapaleeshwarar Temple. When you visit the
Neelkantha Mahadev Temple you can follow the pilgrims who take water from the
Ganges to offer at Neelkantha Mahadev temple. It’s a 7km, three-hour walk along
a forest path from Swarg Ashram. Neelkanth is another name for Shiva. Shiva
drank poison churned up from the sea by gods and demons which turned his throat
blue.
Neelkantha Mahadev Temple
Gurdwara
Bangla sahib is an important Sikh shrine and a constant hive of activity. It’s
topped with gold onion domes and it was constructed at the site where the
eighth Sih guru, Harhrishan Dev spent several months in 1664. This guru dedicated most of his time to
helping the destitute and sick and was revered for his healing powers. At the
back of the temple is a huge tank. The tank is surrounded by a graceful
colonnade. The water have curative properties.
Gurdwara Bangla sahib
The
Kapaleeshwarar Temple is Chennai’s most active and impressive temple. It’s
constructed in the Dravidian style.
The Kapaleeshwarar Temple
The weather
is very hot here in India so we visited 2 gardens: the Thread Garden and the
Flower Exhibition Centre. The Thread Garden has a lot of irony and kitsch. The
Thread Garden has 150 species of plants from around the world which are meticulously re-created using ‘hand-wound’
thread. The work took 50 craftspeople 12 years to complete it. The Flower
Exhibition Centre is a greenhouse full of exotic plants.
Thread Garden outside
Thread Garden inside
The last
things that we visited were the Gateway of India ( which is a monument) and
Maharaja’s Palace. The Gateway of India faces out to Mumbai Harbour. The
Gateway was built to commemorate the 1911 royal visit of King George V. Today
the gateway is a gathering spot for locals. There are giant-balloon sellers,
photographers, beggars and touts rub shoulders with Indian and foreign tourists.
You can also ride in a Victoria one of the horse-drawn gilded carriages that
ply their trade along Apollo Bunder.
Gateway of India
Victoria ride
Maharaja’s
Palace is the official residence of the Wodevars, the erstwhile royal family of
Mysore that ruled the princely state of Mysore for over seven centuries. It’s
one of the most famous tourist attractions in India. Tourists are allowed to
visit the palace but they aren’t allowed to take photographs inside the palace.
Visitors must remove their footwear before entering the palace.
So that was
it for this week, I’ve really enjoyed my stay at India and I’m looking forward
to visit Pakistan.
Talk to you
soon!
Xoxo
Mieke
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