Taken in November of 2017 in Rishikesh
DAILY PHOTO: Trayambakeshwar Temple, Rishikesh
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POEM: Temple Walk
rounding the temple,
walking its plinth,
reading each carving
like solving a labyrinth
battles and bulls
and decrepit hulls
of ships washed ashore
demons and ogres
who’d fought foreign wars
the Tartarus deep
and gods upon high
and mythical beasts
in water and sky
there’s no way this world
could be real or true
a vacuum of cruelty
a fanciful zoo
real enough to be carved in stone
constructs of mind, known but unknown
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DAILY PHOTO: Temple Gate in the Woods
Taken in May of 2015 near Ramanagara
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DAILY PHOTO: Halebidu Temple Carving
Taken in November of 2013 in Halebidu
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DAILY PHOTO: Rani Sati Mandir
Taken on October 2, 2017 in Ahmedabad
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DAILY PHOTO: Orange
Taken in December of 2016 at Shivohum Temple in Bangalore
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DAILY PHOTO: Chennakeshava Temple, Belur
DAILY PHOTO: Elaborate Carvings of Hoysaleshwara Temple
Taken in November of 2013 at Hoysaleshwara Temple in Halebidu
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DAILY PHOTO: Sights at the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
Front Entrance; Taken on October 30, 2016 in Singapore
Giant Prayer Wheel
Guardian: Even if you’ve got a 6 pack, you’re an 18 pack shy of this guy.
A Madame Tussaud’s of noteworthy modern-day Buddhists (Bodhisattvas)
The lantern keeper
Rooftop Garden and the Giant Prayer Wheel
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DAILY PHOTO: Thian Hock Keng
Confucius; Taken on October 29, 2016 in Singapore
This Chinese temple sits in the heart of Singapore’s Chinatown. It’s said to be the oldest Hokkien or Hoklo temple (i.e. Han Chinese) in Singapore. It’s a temple related to Han Chinese culture generally, rather than to a particular sect or religion. While the main deity is Mazu (a.k.a. Ma Cho Po,) a maritime goddess from Chinese folklore that is sometimes associated with Taoism, there is also a Confucian shrine as well as homages to several Buddhist Bodhisattvas (a Bodhisattva is one who has achieved enlightenment but sticks around to help others out of compassion.)
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