Friday, April 21, 2006

Pictures...

Lady meditating in the garden...notice how dress matches flowers, matches water bottle. It's a color-coded meditation!
One of the largest Jain statues in India...the name eludes me at the moment, but you have to walk more than a thousand steps to get to it. The Jain were around before the Buddhists and possibly before the Hindus. They're very careful not to hurt animals, including insects...some decide to go naked so as not to smush a bug with their clothes, others wear special face masks to protect the bugs.
Ergin with a group of school kids, who were all too excited to have their picture taken with a friendly foreigner. A happy moment for all!
On top of the "No-Name Jain statue"...our little group sneaked by the security guys to avoid the 14 dollar charge to climb to the top and pour water so that the statue can pee. Although we succeeded, it was not long before the security guys found us and escorted us down. Luckily, they couldn't shoot us, since they're Jain and can't hurt any living creatures...they did, however take 100 Rupi from each of us. Guess some things in life just aren't free, there are security guys that you just can't flee!
On our way to the multi-million people celebration at the airport...notice the cloud of dust? It was fabulous! The Bulgarian flag kept us all together in the massive hordes of people.

The stairs to the Jain statue...we left our shoes at the bottom and embarked on a mini-pilgrimage to the top of the mountain.

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