Here I have posted some high-quality shots taken by Bill, a member of our India travel group. That’s a wrap for documentation of the BC 2013 Asian odyssey. More pictures can be found on here and here, while a travelogue can be found here and here. For a reflection on our experience of the Indian Catholicism with its various rites, click here.
- Moonlight on the Ganges with aarti worship in the background
- BC Group at Fatephur Sikri where 16t-century Emperor Akbar was way ahead of his day in holding a Parliament of Religions”
- Great candid of Indian life
- Cremations on the Ganges
- Cremations on the Ganges
- Early morning on a17-hr non-A/C train ride
- I like this lunchtime shot because my “third eye” is visible
- Cremations on the Ganges
- Typical scene taken from one taxi of another taxi of ours
- Our tour bus for the Golden Triangle–not as A/C as advertised but interesting to travel alongside Indians
- Japanese Temple in Bodh Gaya
- Unassuming alley leading to the Missionaries of Charity motherhouse
- Scenes of Buddha’s life inside the Tibetan Temple (I believe) in Bodh Gaya
- Mother Teresa’s epitaph
- Sanctuary of a Buddhist temple
- Alley leading to MC motherhouse
- BC group in front of the Taj Mahal
- Cool shot of Hindu priests worshiping alongside the Ganges
- Eating some good food after a long day culminating with our paddleboat ride on the Ganges
- This rickshaw drove 3 of us uphill for quite a distance–mostimpressive!
- BC group in front of the Buddha
- Nice shot of the great minaret of the Qutub Minar in Delhi
- Amazing shot of kids playing cricket with Taj Mahal in the distance
- Sikh Temple in Delhi
- BC group boarding our paddleboat for a sunset ride on the Ganges
- BC group waiting (for hours) for our train to arrive so we could go to Varanasi
- Exterior shot of the majestic Red Fort
- Anne with a Delhi snake charmer