Blogs from Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia
February 11th 2011
We took the most popular long distance mode of transportation in India (and the largest in the world), the Indian Railways, to visit my cousins and relatives in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (literally meaning central state in Sanskrit). We took Taj Express, an express train originally designed exclusively for travelers going to Taj Mahal. I think it has lost its exclusivity since ( Taj Express ). One must travel via India Railway to experience the culture. Weather has been great. between 10-25 degrees Celcius. The train trip to central India was pleasant. The fact that father forgot the ticket at home did not bother me too much but mom was a stressed It is very awkward for me carry a camera around so I took only limited sets of pictures. Some of the ... read more
March 7th 2007
Sonagiri ( literally, the golden peak) is a place sacred to Digambar Jains. This is a place where King Nanganag Kumar achieved liberation from the cycles of death and life along with the fifteen million followers. There are several white Jain temples scattered around Sonagiri. This sacred place is popular among devotees & ascetic saints to practice for self discipline, austerity, and to attain Nirvana. There are seventy seven beautiful Jain temples in hills and twenty six temples in village.The temple no. fifty seven on hill is the main temple. This temple has attra- ctive artistic spire. In this temple the principal deity is Lord Chandraprabhu, eleven feet in height. Two other beautiful idols of Lord SheetalNath & Parsvnath are installed.There is a column of dignity ( Manstambh ) 43 feet in height and... read more
34) Datia and a hill full of white Jain temples
Published: May 20th 2005Asia » India » Madhya Pradesh » Datia
May 3rd 2005
We liked Orchha very much, so we stayed in the hotel there also when we made an excursion to Datia, a city not too far from Orchha, it was possible to go there and come back in one day. We were only travelling with our day packs, so there was no need to hire a rickshaw only for the two of us and for once we wanted to do it the Indian way and took a tempo (= shared rickshaw) in order to get to the Jhansi bus stand. A tempo has more space than a normal rickshaw, according to Western standards it would hold 8 passengers, 2 beside the driver and 6 on two benches. The average Indian is shorter and frailer, so it is absolutely normal to have 8 people seated on the benches ... read more
