Today’s journey was with Micha down to the burning Ghat. What an eerie place. I felt very strange there. It isn’t right to just go and watch for an hour. You need to go for an entire day; then you get the full feeling of the experience. If you go for just an hour it [...]
Archive > March 1997
Khajuraho Eastern Group of Temples
Today I went to tour the Eastern group of temples. I rented a bicycle to do this, which cost me 20 rupees for the whole day. The first temple grouping I went to was the Jain temples. I find the Jain religion a little confusing; basically they are rich Buddhists. The Jain icon is usually [...]
The Temples of Love, Khajuraho
The temples are an amazing work of art and well worth a journey! Erotica is one theme (and a reason why many visit) but the erotica is limited to the outside of the temples; the insides are reserved for deities, gods and scenes of everyday Indian life. The temples were built between 950 and 1050 [...]
Mr. Cockroach and the Cockroach Chronicles
The place that I am staying in in Khajuraho has an excellent toilet; it’s a squat but it is clean. The shower actually has hot water! And, I don’t mean: “kind of warm and sometimes hot” water. I mean: “Oh my God I’m burning” hot water. The only bad thing about the room is the [...]
Intro to Khajuraho
I left Orchha with Mike and Leslie — by car. It’s almost a relief to be out of the town though I will miss it’s palace walls and untouched demeanor. It didn’t feel like I was in the 20th century while I was there. It was like I was living in a town 200-300 years [...]
