Gazette 77
INDIA - In The Footsteps Of The Buddha 17-31 October 2009
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NB Full details of the trip itinerary are embedded in the photopages here
Wednesday 21 October Day trip to Sarnath
Karma negotiates autorickshaw fare to Sarnath / Roadside snack bar
Karma & Derek with bell at at the Mulagandhakuti Vihara outside the deer park enclosure in Sarnath
The Bodhi tree is a 2nd generation sapling from the original tree at Bodhgaya
The Dharma Chakra (C5-6th CE) built on the spot where the Buddha gave his first teaching
Karma in the deer park / The remains of the Ashoka column (C3rd BCE)
Sheila awaiting autorickshaw back to Varanasi
Thursday 22 October Drive to Kushinagar
Cook making parathas for our lunch in roadside restaurant / Well stocked fruit stall
Crossing bridge over river / Funeral pyre at riverside
Friday 23 October Kushinagar
Nicely kept garden in our hotel in Kushinagar /
Sheila & Karma at the Rumabhar Stupa at the probable spot of the Buddha's cremation
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Photographs © Derek & Sheila Henderson 2009