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Indian Miniature Painting
A stunning new show of Indian painting at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, shows 220 miniature paintings from the 16th to the 19th century. These miniature images show scenes of everyday life, stories of the gods and activities of the ruling Mughals. This delicate portrait of Krishna’s lover Radha shows her preparing food much as it is prepared in many parts of India today. She sits on the floor with her tools and ingredients laid out around her (note the group of small round eggplants behind her) and tends two clay pots sitting atop a clay stove. On our trip to South India in February we will see these stoves in daily use.
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Diwali Morning at the Golden Temple
Wow! What an amazing morning we had at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Truly a sacred place made even more special by the tens of thousands of Sikhs that are so welcoming with smiles and wishes of “Happy Diwali”.
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Sunrise Amritsar, India
Good morning from Amritsar in Punjab state in northwestern India.
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Delhi and the journey to Amritsar
Today we began our excursions. We visited the spectacular Akshardham which was built by the Swami Narayan group to honor their founder Swami Narayan. Unfortunately no cameras are permitted on the premises so we are unable to share photos with you. To see images of this place visit Akshardham.com....
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Enjoying a little time in Delhi
We’ll only be in Delhi for a night as we head off to Amritsar tomorrow to celebrate Diwali at the Golden temple. Here are a couple more photos from today.
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Our spiritual adventure begins!
Our spiritual adventure has begun. Our group gathered today at the Maidens hotel in New Delhi having flown in over the last couple of days from the US. It was a relaxing day today as there are many travel days ahead of us. On the agenda today was our orientation meeting where we got to…
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India’s Largest Mosque, Jama Masjid
This morning I decided to check out Jama Masjid, India’s largest mosque which was located in Old Delhi. The Masjid-i Jahān-Numā (the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’), commonly known as the Jama Masjid was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, in the ...
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