Tag Archives: Hinduism

The Holy Baba

The brandy we’d shared thirty min­utes prior with the Ital­ians and Lithuan­ian in the dark was sud­denly com­ing up strong. I sort of felt like I might taste bile soon. That, and also the fact that two holy men were approach­ing, seemed to indi­cate that Instant Karma! truly was going to get me. Until the holy …

03.15.2011 – 1:45:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Day 15: Varanasi

I’ve never had such a love-hate rela­tion­ship with any­where on planet Earth as with Varanasi. Maybe for­eign­ers should be barred from this city. I don’t know. On one hand, this is a cul­tur­ally amaz­ing place. It’s among of humanity’s most ancient cities, and it shows; lay­ers of alley­ways and build­ings in degrees of decay bunch up …

03.13.2011 – 10:03:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Day 9: Ajanta and Ellora Caves

Ajanta and Ellora are eas­ily among the top five sites for any­body who likes mon­u­ments, Hin­duism or Bud­dhism, or any com­bi­na­tion of those. In terms of mon­u­ments, I’d say that per­son­ally, these sites were more inter­est­ing than many ancient mon­u­ments in Europe—they are cer­tainly bet­ter pre­served for being the same age. Ajanta is older, the …

02.15.2011 – 8:02:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

8. Thanjavur’s Temple of Shiva, Anglophile Rockstar (8.21.2008)

Visit to Thanjavur’s Tem­ple of Shiva, plus an early (and flawed) obser­va­tion of Indian gen­der relations.

12.10.2008 – 10:21:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)