Tuesday, March 30, 2010


Vegaterian Cuisine of Nepal

Monday, March 8, 2010

KAPILVASTU - The ruins of one of two places that is claimed to be the childhood home of Buddha. This place is in India. The other is in Nepal.

Friday, March 5, 2010

A monastery in the background. Ruins of the house in the foreground.



Ruins of a building, alledgedly the childhood home of Siddartha Gautma who became the Buddha.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

BALRUMPUR to JETAVANA


Picture in the hotel hall.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The place where Buddha and his disciples spent the rainy seasons. In his day they would have lived in huts made of bamboo and grass. Over the centuries monestaries have been built here and torn down, and then rebuilt again. The well that Buddha used is still here.

Monday, March 1, 2010

A Buddhist statue in Buddha country.