Saturday, January 29, 2005

Buddham Sharanam ................

We (me, wife, kids and my friend Roby) made a road trip to Bodhgaya and nearby Gaya. Bodhgaya is a real sight and well worth a visit... a place where there are more foreigners than Indians (largely from Nepal, Tibet, Japan and a few Caucasians). But unlike many Hindu religious sites I have visited, there is no one out to cheat you out of your money and people largely leave you alone. I have written a three piece article on our trip, though it doesnt say much about Bodhgaya per se. Given the way in which articles are uploaded on a blog, the order is reversed, hence I wrote this piece to give you an easy way of accessing the articles. Please remember to come back to this artcile when you have read the blog. Also when using this way to access articles, you can ignore the line about the article being a continuation, etc.

  1. A trip for Enlightenment
  2. Camera, Lights Action
  3. After the Intermission
I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Mathai Fenn

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Being part of a trip without actually being a part of a trip is the most wonderful experience one can have. You truly have the liberty of imagination of a destination unknown. Unlike the person who is taking the trip who gets to see the destination, the absent traveller has a greater kick of waiting to hear stories and relive his imagination.

I played the role of the "absent" traveller and waited eagerly for Roby to come back home and tell me stories....

I saw Bodhgaya through his eyes and imagined the place through his views. Reading all the short stories I have managed to cover most of my imaginations and the rest I shall leave it for the time I visit the place....