timeline 2007 - Trail of the Buddha (India Pilgrimage) - Pictorial Diary
  

PICTORIAL DIARY - Day 1 to Day 3

 

Day 1   (14-Dec, Fri)    SIN (2310) - DEL (0255)

Sis Ming Choo busy sorting out the boxes of requisites for the trip

group photo @ Changi Terminal 1 before boarding the plane

loading up coach at Delhi Airport for a 12 hours journey to Sankassa

 

 

Day 2   (15-Dec, Sat)   Delhi - Sankassa

a common sight of mustard seed plant along the journey

Sankassa Burmese Buddhist Temple

 

 

Day 3   (16-Dec, Sun)  Sankassa - Sravasti

Sankassa - remnant of Asokan Pilar

It was at Sankassa that (according to the commentaries) the Buddha returned to earth, after preaching the Abhidhamma Pitaka in Tavatimsa, following the performance of the Twin Miracle under the Gandamba tree.

for more information - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankissa

climbing up the hill

morning puja on the hill @ Sankassa - before the longest bus journey of 15 hours to Sravasti

1st lunch stop

Burmese Buddhist Temple, Sravasti 

 

 

MORE PICTURES:

Pictorial Diary of the Trip

Day 1 to Day 3

Day 4 to Day 5

Day 6 to Day 9

Day 10 to Day 11

Day 12 to Day 13

Day 14 to 16

 

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