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Tag Archives: India
Saying Goodbye to India with Sarees and Sweets
This is the final day of my trip to India and the last day of this blog while traveling. Our visit to Sarnath was enlightening, as Buddha would want, I think. We visited the great Buddhist temple with its fine grounds, saw the enormous stupa located nearby, and stopped by … Continue reading
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Morning on the Ganges River
We were off early this morning to the Ganges River for the morning ceremony, getting out on a boat in the river to see the sunrise and the pilgrims at the water’s edge bathing and being part of the blessed river. The crowd was smaller than yesterday evening, but the … Continue reading
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Varanasi: Silk and the Ganges River
We were up very early this morning to catch a flight from Nagpur to Delhi, and then on to Varanasi, where we arrived about 12 noon. Varanasi is the oldest inhabited city in the world, dating back a few thousand years, and is located on the Ganges River. It is … Continue reading
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110 Degrees in the Shade of Two Temples
Today, we traveled early to two sites, with stops at a Sikh temple and a Buddhist temple, each one way. The first site was of the recently uncovered remains of a citadel fortress dating back about two millennia, constructed of sunbaked clay brick. The structure reminded us of a Mesoamerica … Continue reading
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A Closer Look at Higher Education and Health Care in India
This morning, we spent a pleasant breakfast hour talking with Uday Bodhankar, Nikhil’s father, who is a prominent pediatrician in Nagpur, and a few of his medical colleagues, mostly physicians but one dentist. They have organized an Adolescent Health Chapter under the aegis of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. They … Continue reading
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My First Glimpse of Nagpur
It looks like that I can get this blog every other day since so many activities and events are on our schedule. Our train from Jalgaon to Nagpur was with somewhat better equipment, although the same setup as the train from Mumbai to Jalgaon. With a departure of 12 midnight, … Continue reading
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Jalgaon: Region Rich in History with an Eye to the Future
The Ajanta Caves We spent several hours yesterday visiting the Ajanta Caves, a world heritage monument located some distance from Jalgaon. The day was hot and dry, but a good one. The Caves were begun about 200 B.C., under the aegis of Buddhist monks with the patronage of the then … Continue reading
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First Impressions from India
This is the first in a series of blog posts from Dr. Larson as he travels with Cayuga Community College Professor Jeff Delbel and Dean of Enrollment Management Cheryl Lindsay on a 10-day trip to India to formalize partnerships with universities there. Traveling across time zones and cultures We arrived … Continue reading
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