new year with dhamma-people in aurangabad

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The vipassana-course ended in the morning of the 31rst of Dec. I intended to go directly to Aurangabad to be able to visit the ancient caves of Ellora... Connecting with fellow meditators who are traveling too, we ended up being a huge group of about 15 dhamma-people taking the train to Aurangabad. Although we haven't been communicating during the course until the last day, it was as if we had known each other for a very long time and we enjoyed a very inspiring "togetherness" from the beginning on.
After we meditated together, we spent new year's eve calmly in an excellent indian restaurant, going to sleep shortly after midnight...
The next day I got my first indian haircut and we made people smile with a little performance in the street. BJ with his amazing devil-sticks, Sandie doing a great poi-dance performance and me juggling around a bit with 3 potatoes I bought in the market... :-)
Finally we went to visit the cave-temples of Ellora. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain temples had been carved out of the rocks over several hundred years... Great to wander around and explore!
3 days in Aurangabad with incredibly nice dhamma-people - greetings to you all!

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Photos

new year signs on the street
...after having passed new year's eve calmly and nicely in aurangabad the day after the vipassana-course ended...

the kailash cave-temple
a world-heritage monument and biggest structure carved out of rocks in the world

the dhamma crew at the favourite restaurant
on our last evening together