Endarkenment 2
- krolesh
- Feb 10, 2024
- 1 min read
Buddhists Everywhere
Because this place is such an important Buddhist site, monasteries and Buddhist organisations around the world have built their own temples and monasteries here, designed in the unique architectural styles of their own countries.
The next day I went exploring. There’s so much to see in this relatively small town.
I tried a shortcut into town. It was a dead end, ie. the end was dead - a dead shallow cessriver which I had no intention of sliming through.
Random Shiva in a carpark
More school unis
Pretty neat huh
At least some hotels wash their sheets. Mine doesn’t.
Regular brekky spot
Rs 8 for a chai. 15c.
Electrical engineering
Not sure what these local bulbs are, but I can’t imagine the profit margin’s very high.
The local canal/shithole
Snake oil merchant
One of the girls looks a little browned off
Disabled beggar. Great education for the kiddies.
Tibetan script welcoming the Dalai Lama
Pics from my temple hop
Japanese zendo
These guys were going off. The sounds of their instruments are amazing - especially the deep bassy droney pipes and reedy instruments. Real cosmic-realm-hopping material.
Coffs has the Big Banana, Ballina the Big Prawn, Bodhgaya the Big Buddha
Where there’s pilgrims or tourists, there’s slave camels and horses
Healthy looking market stall
Another miniature slackliner
And another
Indian army terrorist smasher. The women would probably do a better job.
I was gonna grab this as a joke
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