Posts

Japan: Shibamata Taishakuten - A carved Buddhist h(e)aven in Tokyo

Nepal: Janaki Mandir: A Rajput-style Temple on Nepal’s Plains

France: Kissing the original Crown of Thorns worn by Jesus

India: Banganga Tank- a little slice of Varanasi in the heart of Bombay

Italy: Santa Maria dei Sette Dolore in Rome- Sleeping With The Nuns

Japan: Narita- the Town, not the Airport!

India: Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi- the Burial Place of an Islamic Hippie

China: Jing'an Temple - a Buddhist haven amongst Shanghai's shopping malls.

South Korea: Bongeunsa, a Korean Temple- Gangnam Style.

India: The best (and barely known) temples of South Bombay

Spain: The 15th century monastery of San Antonio El Real in Segovia

India: the Jain temples
of Ranakpur

USA: The Ave Maria Grotto
in Cullman, AL

Italy: the Great Mosque of Rome
(no, that's not a typo)

Britain: The enigmatic Brent Tor
of Dartmoor

Turkey: Sumela
Monastery near Trabzon

India: Chor Bazaar &
Bhendi Bazaar, Bombay

India:
Tamil Temples of Kanchipuram

India:
Ganesh Chaturthi on Bombay's Juhu Beach

India: Tiruvannamalai's
full moon pilgrimage and fire temple