Above – Women carrying their laundry to wash in the Indrayani River which runs through Alandi.
We stopped at another temple along the way. I’d tell you the name of the temple if I could read this signage.
This sweet dog came out and made itself comfortable at the temple entrance. Someone’s been feeding this one and I was pleased to see he had been neutered. I choose not to take and share photos of the dogs here. There are a lot of them. I’ll leave it at that.
Stairs on the way up to the temple door.
A large pillar in front of the temple.
Inside the temple.
Hanuman.
This man is selling a hot item.
Remember this truck … You’ll see why farther down in this post …
There’s major road construction close to Alandi.
There are many goats grazing at the top of this cliff.
New construction.
Goods carrier.
This small economy car is packed with people. This is ok here.
Statues are made here. I had to take a second look at that man who isn’t really a man at all.
More laundry.
Here’s a sneak peek at the river.
About that truck photo you saw a minute ago … Take a close look here (& I’m sorry it’s not very clear) at the number of people packed into and getting out of this large truck.
A view from the bridge over the river.
Chai with Nana before walking into Alandi.
Ron – These next three photos are for you.
See, there is a sink with real soap and running water, but it’s outside the bathroom.
Something I haven’t mentioned is that we’ve had bees in our flat, mostly in ManYee’s room. This morning during Prashant’s class we were instructed to close all the windows in the practice hall because of the bees. As it turns out, the bee hive was on the terrace of OUR building, one story up from our flat! No wonder we’ve had bees.
Here is the bee worker in his bee suit holding up a honeycomb with his protective gloves.
Tomorrow is Independence Day in India and a holiday. No classes. My flat mates and I are heading out around 8am for a walk to Ferguson College and then out to lunch. Ferguson College is a beautiful campus about a mile away from the flat.
This morning’s class with Prashant was intense backbends followed by a 2-hour practice where I worked on hip openers. Prashant’s talks the last few classes have been about evacuation. Something has to be evacuated in order to let something in, and what can be evacuated and what can be let in? Of course, this has led to some serious considerations as to what kind of evacuations are required or necessary.
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