Reclining Buddha & Sitting Buddha in Bangkok Temples

The reclining or sleeping Buddha is of sixty feet long and forty feet tall. One has to see and feel the magnifiecent Buddha statue.

Photos from Bangkok

Happy Dasaraa

Jeelakarra & Bellamu - Telugu marriage custom

Jeelakarra Bellamu
The priest recites the wedding shlokas from the Vedas. Thereafter, the couple is asked to place their hands, which contains a paste made from cumin seeds and jaggery in a betel leaf, on each other's heads at the exact muhurtam time.The slightly bitter cumin seeds and sweet jaggery when ground turn into an inseparable paste, communicating that that the bride and groom are inseparable through lifes bitter and sweet moments. This is referred to as Jeelakarra-Bellamu custom.

Beetroot and carrots

Grapes - Photos by Mr. K .Surendar

Hampi ruins, Karnataka (Scans from old film negatives)

These are the ruins found in Hampi near Hospet in Karnataka.

Thailand - Photos by Mr.Mani

These photos show the temple of Reclining Buddha and the Buddha in sleeping or reclining position. The last photo is one sitting buddha in the same temple complex.

Maldives - photos by Anand