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Religious Studies Department

Study in India

Photos Taken by Students While Studying in India

Adam Epstein, class of 2008 studied in India during the Fall of 2006 and took the following photos.  

Step-wells

"They sure know step-wells here! This is used for bathing on pilgrimage--its water is believed to come from Ganga (it's just a stone's throw from the river) and it is associated with snake worship."

Golden Temple at night

Adam took this photo of the Golden Temple at night.

People hard at work

People hard at work preparing food for the free kitchen.

Stupa

A view of Adam next to the stupa, amid some archaeological ruins.  The old stupa is where Buddha starting spinning the wheel of dharma with his second sermon (1st nearby) around 500 BCE. The stupa, a solid structure with a reliquary closer to the top, dates from Ashoka's time, 3rd c. BCE. 

 
 

 


Hunter Marston, class of 2007

The Ganges River

The Ganges River  - Varanasi

Old Delhi

Taking a rickshaw ride in Old Delhi     

walking though Sujata Village

A walk through Sujata Village toward cave.

Train station in Gaya

The train station in Gaya

Bodh Gaya

Walking around Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya

More sites of Bodh Gaya

University of Nalanda in Bihar

Visiting the famous monastery-univeristy of Nalanda in Bihar

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ student Alex outside Sujata Village

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ student Alex Tzelnic '07, with children outside a nearby school in Sujata Village.

temple at Sajata Village

Temple at Sujata Village (Sujata famous Buddhist site in Buddha's life.)

Hindu statue

A Hindu statue in Sujata Village, a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site to caves.