Theravada Nuns' Religious Service
More than fifty years ago, during the turbulent sixties, we had some discussion of the Orissa's maritime trade. Those were the days of...
Ayutthia Park
All the sheets and the dhurries were folded back and each of the participants was given back apacket with his or her name on it. The...
Ayutthia (Ayodhya!) Palace
As we approached our new destination, I saw elephants with people mounted strolling on the side of the road. There was a whole...
Arrival Siem Reap
Hindu cosmology proposes cyclicity. Early animists did observe that everything repeats and hence human life also should repeat. In such...
Baphuon
The Cool Inn was a newly constructed building. So the fittings and the features were expected to be conforming to the current usage. ...
Preh Khan (prekshA!)
Mr Kushal made plans for me. How much time I might spend at a site was my option. The drivers of three-wheelers parked their vehicles...
Palace Temple
Archaeology is a science to study old objects in order to determine history. Most archaeology has been dealing with human skeletons and...
Angkor Wat
Mornings come early in the tropics. Because of the uniformity of day and night, the earth-bound creatures follow a sunlight-oriented...
Bodhgaya
The road we were traveling had well trodden history. The area was called Magadha in the olden days. It was a land of prosperity and...
From Gaya to Patna: Pawapuri, Nalanda
While it is debated as to the influx of outside people to India several thousand years ago, the Vedas give an impression of eastward...
