20 slide-shows with video about INDIA

1. Old and new sacred places in DELHI —

mausoleum of mogol emperor Humayun in park with peacocks; tomb of Nizamuddin and modern temples: Lotus temple of Bahai; ISCON (followers of Krishna);

Akshardham with colour-music fountains — modern temple complex in the old of stone carving, consecrated to reformer of Hinduism of 18 century Swami Narayan. It was buit in 2005 by 7000 masters and have been noticed in the Guiness record book:

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/5/ or

http://narod.ru/disk/12776268000.d5b244315007ba6b5f419d04c4488051/Dehli.wmv.html

2. KHAJURAHO — masterpieces of stone carving of X-XI centuries

— near village, where division to castes still remains:

http://narod.ru/disk/12756439000/01Khajuraho.wmv.html

3. AGRA — Taj Mahal mausoleum in memory of Shah Jahan's wife, image of Paradise garden (1631-53);

Red Fort built by 3 the most forceful Mogol emperors;

Itmad-ut-Daula mausoleum, forerunner of Taj (1628);

Sikhandra — mausoleum of emperor Akbar

in park with deers and monkeys,

"Dead town" Fatehpur Sikri — the capital of Akbar:

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/3/ or http://narod.ru/disk/12776213000.3ae8245d59b3727997c51b2fcd2bc28c/Agra.wmv.html

RADJASTAN:

4. "White city" UDAIPUR — an Indian Venice on the lake Pihkola and other lakes and islands with palace and park, with colorful frescos on the white walls of houses and palaces:

http://narod.ru/disk/12612460000/02Udaipur.wmv.html

5. MOUNT ABU — a mountainous plato (1200 m high), with Nakki lake and picturesque rocks, Hindu and Jain temples (Dilvara 11 century), and the Institute of Raja yoga Brahmakumaris:

http://narod.ru/disk/8948871000/03Mount Abu.wmv.html

6. "Blue city" JOHPPUR — the mightiest fortress of Rajastan Merangarh, with palaces:

http://narod.ru/disk/12757395000/04Johdpur.wmv.html

7. MANDORA gardens (near Johdpur) — temple complexes of 14 century, archeological digs:
http://narod.ru/disk/12723746000/04Mandora.wmv.html

River GANGA in foothills of the Himalayas

8. Haridwar — the saint city on the 7 branches of Ganga. Two times a day PUJA — worshipping to Mother-river. Spring festival of Ganga. Rope-ways to mountain temples: http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/7/

or http://narod.ru/disk/12672126000.26093febfefbd12b2083425e0a66f2fd/10Haridwar.wmv.html

9. RISHIKESH, "a town of sages" — the world center of yoga. Indian gods and ashrams. Cave of sadhus. Nilkanth ("blue neck") — mountainous temple of Shiva, who swallowed poison had arisen during extraction of amrita, so his neck became blue:

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/8/

or http://narod.ru/disk/12613963000.dab38b3f803598a2f85b89f4502258db/11Rishikesh.wmv.html

10. AUROVALLEY — an ashram consecrated to Shri Aurobindo in valley between Haridwar and Rishikesh:

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/4/ or http://narod.ru/disk/8948983000.8d3279368294f66b7adcd8bd2854a007/12Aurovel.wmv.html

11. AMRITSAR — the main Sikh "Golden temple" (and Hindu temples also):

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/1/

Sikhism is the synthesis of Hindu and Muslim religions, founded by guru Nanak in 16 century. The place for the temple was given by emperor Akbar, the protector of different religions. The temple ia decorated by mosaics from gems, similar to mosaics of Taj Mahal, even more precius (Shah Jahan, the builder of Taj, is grandson of Akbar).

12. Dharmasala — the residence of Dalai-Lama

in the north mountains of India, between Amritsar and Kully valley:

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/6/

KULU VALLEY

13. Ladscapes from the window of TOY-TRAIN from Shimla to Kalka

(that goes in mountains through 102 tunnels and 969 bridges):

http://narod.ru/disk/12776534000/05toytrain.wmv.html

14. MANDI — the central city of Kullu Valley on the river Bias.

http://narod.ru/disk/21689515001/06Mandi.wmv.html

15. Buddist monasteries on the lake REWALSAR,

cave temple of Padmasambhava, the 1^st preacher of buddism in Tibet:

http://narod.ru/disk/21684844001/07Revalsar.wmv.html

16. Estate of Roerikh, Russian explorer of Eastern culture, in NAGAR.

Relict forests in MANALI (on the height of 2100 m before pass to the Indian Tibet):

http://narod.ru/disk/12632283000/08Roerih.wmv.html

17. MANIKARAN — hot springs with boiling water in Kulu valley:

http://narod.ru/disk/12776513000/09Manikaran.wmv.html

Western BENGALY — Sikkim:

18. DARJILING — toy-train going up to 2200 m high;

town on the mountain ridge. Museum of alpinism, the Zoo.

CALIMPONG: buddist temples, the place of last days of Elena Roerikh:

http://narod.ru/disk/12827046000/ElenaRerih.wmv.html

Places of JOTIRLINGAMS —

sacred temples of Shiva, where his energy considered to be eternal. There are 12 such places — they are geographically interesting and geologically active.

Two of them:

19. SOMNATH — temple on the Arabian sea, consecrated to the Moon God Soma, ruling by sea tides;

nearest modern city AHMEDABAD and sea resort DIU

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/2/

20. OMKARESWAR — mountainous island having the form of OM, in the confluence of rivers Narada and Kaveri near Indore

http://video.yandex.ru/users/semiravet/view/17/

(Detailed information in the stories of Semira "Floods of India",

"With India as Equals" and "Architecture of India: old and new", in Russian)

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