Seeking the Self-ie - Ellora Cave 10

 

The Kailash temple at Ellora is just magnificent beyond words . But it was Cave #10 which I remember most. Sitting under the columns surrounding the statue of the Buddha one can just imagine fifteen hundred  years back when the place was probably thriving with Buddhist Bhikshus perhaps sitting in queues in quiet meditation. 

For the Buddha statue it must be an amusing transformation to have seekers of self replaced by seekers of selfies coming to pay him a visit :)

Picture in a temple town

Triambak, in Maharashra, is an important religious town with the famous Trimbakeshwar Shiva temple. Thousands of devotees throng the place to worship at the Jyotirlinga and also for correcting the astrologically unfavourable "Kaal Sarpa Dosha". Life for the locals goes on behind the fervor of religion.