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85Travel with Hafeez: Myanmar - Part II
After staying for two days at Mandalay, I was ready to move. Generally, I do not stay at one place longer than two to three days. Some make fun of me for such a rapid travel. But it is the only way to see a country from one corner to another in a...
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82The Dalai Lama's Potala Palace
In Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, I met up with my tour guide Gyantzing and the driver a little early, like around 9:15, and we headed off to the Potala! Oh, where to begin. The Dalai Lama’s palace, which he hasn’t lived in since 1959 due to...
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86Swayambhunath, Mountaintop Buddhist temple in Kathmandu
The Swayambhunath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, is way up on a hill or rather a small mountain, and when the travel agent and I reached the top of the steps, guards in uniforms stood under a dark red archway...
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81Boudhanath, the Giant Stupa in Kathmandu
In the morning the travel agent Naresh and a driver first took me to the Boudhanath Stupa, which Samaya, one of the people with whom I had stayed in Dharamsala, India, had told me is “full of spiritual...
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80SATAVAHANAS
Satavahanas were the subordinate rulers of Ashoka and later on of Sungas. Political history of Satavahanas, Significance of Satavahanas. Satavahanas contributed to the spread of Aryan culture to South India. They patronized Vedic religion by performing Vedic sacrifices like Asvamedha, Rajasuya and Vajapeya. Budhist architecture flourished during the Satavahana period.
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79Anuradhapura, Ancient Capital City of Sri Lanka.
Anuradhapura is the oldest capital city of Sri Lanka. This is situated about 205 km. notrh of Colombo the present capital of the country. Anuradhapura was established in 4th century BC and continued upto the begining of 11th century AD. This city...
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81Spiritual Trip to India
A 16 days spiritual trip to India. The trip started from Bodhgaya, followed by Sarnath, Kushinagar, Lumbini and with Srasvasti the as final destiny. Bodhgaya is famous for it's magnificent Mahabodhi Mahavihara which is an architectural amalgamation of many cultures. The Bodhi tree, under which Bodhisattva enlightened after a long and hard meditation, is the core of the Mahabodhi Mahavihara. Sarnath, about 10 km from the holy city of Varanasi, is the great place where Bodhisattva , after becoming
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81Borobudur Temple, The Pride of Indonesia
As guardian there are statues of lion although there were no lion in Java. BOROBUDUR TEMPLE, THE PRIDE OF INDONESIA Borobudur temple is better known than Prambanan temple. But where is its exact location ? Borobudur...
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77Thailand Buddhist Temple art, artifacts and architecture
Information and photos depicting visually striking, Thai Buddhist temple art, architecture, and icons.
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80Traveling from Lhasa to Gyantse
The driver and the tour guide sat in the front seat of the jeep, and I sat in the back seat with my eyes glued to the window, as we traveled from Lhasa to a small town called Gyantse. We saw prayer flags...
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