Over 2000 Km by road, in around 10 days. Stunning landscapes, wonderful people. That sums up our Ladakh trip. But how did it actually work? How did we make it happen? Read on to find out! Leh, the capital of Ladakh , is accessible by air and road. Flying into Leh is the easiest, and time-saving option, while the road is the time consuming one, but with the added advantage of driving past some of the most beautiful landscapes in our country. Each option has much to recommend it, and we chose the road for just one reason – altitude sickness. Altitude sickness was one of my biggest concerns, since I suffer from motion-sickness. Yes, I do travel a lot, but that is despite my condition, and, over the years, have learnt how to handle it. I struggled with it when we visited Nathu-La in Sikkim, and wondered if I would be able to manage a week at the even higher altitudes that we would encounter in Ladakh. This was the reason we stuck to a basic plan, of only 9 days in Ladakh, though we
Returning from our encounter with the python, we chose a
different path back, and came across this....
A stone idol of Ganesha, with a small stone container
(probably a lamp), with a feather lying by the side - doesn’t it look like the
feather might be a quill, and the container might hold ink, ready for the Lord
to pick it up and write? As the one who penned down the Mahabharata as Vyasa dictated it, the sight was appropriate, don’t you think?
The idol was installed outside what we were told, was an
ancient, tribal temple.
The temples were really shrines, built mostly with bamboo,
and in one case, bricks, and they were old, though they didn’t really look
ancient.
There wasn’t much to see or appreciate, especially since the
temples were closed.
The Ganesha idol was
surely the most interesting thing here, and that too by a quirk of nature,
which caused the feather to fall where it did!!!!
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Excellent. The Ganesha must be some 1200 years old. Though there is an ink pot and a quill nearby, I wonder if any material like paper was available to write on during those times. The tribal s did not deem it necessary to place the idol inside their Shrine!
ReplyDeleteThanks PNS, but i somehow felt that the Ganesha must have been a recent addition to the shrine, which is why it was placed outside.
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Wow! Those temples look interesting. Have never seen such ones. Nice post Anu.
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Thanks Niranjan!
DeleteWonderful place to explore. Very true Ganesha idol real eye catcher.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what deities are inside the forest shrines. I also find it very interesting that all the shrines are laid out in a row. And, old or new, I like the Ganesha :-)
ReplyDeleteTemples looks weird but have a peaceful and clean atmosphere nearby.
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