At 7 am I returned to the Mahabodi Temple with my guide, Ravi, to make an offering of flowers and fruit to the Buddha.
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| I bought an offering of fruit from this women |
A temple monk wrapped the cloth I purchased on the Buddha.
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| Wrapping my scarf offering around the Buddha |
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| My offering of cloth around the Buddha
"Where are you from?"
I sat beside a young Buddhist monk under the Bodhi Tree and tried to meditate. To my surprise he asked, "Where are you from?" He was a Teravadan monk, and very friendly. |
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| Teravada Monk "Happy" under the Bodhi tree |
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Monks at the Bodhi tree
Ravi's apartment & family
I was invited for breakfast at Ravi's small apartment where I met his nice family. |
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| Ravi's apartment |
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| Lucky |
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| Ravi, Pinky, son Lucky and daughter |
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| Lucky and his friend Rudra
Dalit's playing
After a delicious breakfast of rice and dal with Ravi's family we rode north by motorcycle to the Dungeshwari cave. Along the way I saw Dalit people bathing and washing clothes in the Phalgu River.   |
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