Another post about India lingering in my drafts folder..
This was our adventure the last weekend before leaving, I think on Sat, 3 August.
Not a lot to write about on this one but some cool photos to share. This Pagoda is actually a relatively new structure meant to provide a place for meditation and hosts a school for Vipassana style meditation, so there's not a huge historical significance to the location, but it was a really tranquil environment and it was a nice hour of just walking about and taking things in.
For context- this was another typical day in Mumbai... slightly overcast, humid, hot hot hot, and muuugy.
We drove out to the northern part of the city and then caught a ferry to a new Buddhist center- the Global Vipassana Pagoda and just walked around, listened to the Buddhist chanting, and admired the beautiful structures, carvings and landscapes.
Enjoy!
I absolutely love the contrast between the gold, turquoise and red..
This wall was gorgeous- huge, beautifully carved and impressive. So bit it was impossible to get a photo of the entire thing in one shot.
Details from the door panels:
This was our adventure the last weekend before leaving, I think on Sat, 3 August.
Not a lot to write about on this one but some cool photos to share. This Pagoda is actually a relatively new structure meant to provide a place for meditation and hosts a school for Vipassana style meditation, so there's not a huge historical significance to the location, but it was a really tranquil environment and it was a nice hour of just walking about and taking things in.
For context- this was another typical day in Mumbai... slightly overcast, humid, hot hot hot, and muuugy.
We drove out to the northern part of the city and then caught a ferry to a new Buddhist center- the Global Vipassana Pagoda and just walked around, listened to the Buddhist chanting, and admired the beautiful structures, carvings and landscapes.
Enjoy!
On the ferry, approaching the Pagoda..
I absolutely love the contrast between the gold, turquoise and red..
This wall was gorgeous- huge, beautifully carved and impressive. So bit it was impossible to get a photo of the entire thing in one shot.
Details from the door panels:
there were sets of doors all around the pagoda. while not as large as the one main set pictured above, they were still very intricate and beautiful..
Love this.. (there were Buddhist sayings all along the exterior of the building)
This little guy was hanging out near the ferry as we left.
A very, very smelly fish market set up along the ferry dock. Walking through it back to the driver after our little boat ride was a very fragrant experience...
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