Wednesday, October 14, 2009

ISKON Temple


Today we visited the ISKON (The International Society for Krishna Consciousness) Temple. Cameras were not allowed.
When we entered the temple we purchased a Rps. 150/ ticket and that ticket covered the four of us; Me, A&A and Bree. I thought that was a bit much considering it's a temple but we paid and went on. After security we followed the people in front of us up to the first temple (there are 3 temples) but before we could reach it we were ushered into another que away from everyone else. Apparently our ticket entitled us to line jump at every station. It's not what I wanted, I wanted to see the sights like everyone else but it worked out for the better since the kids were with us.
I enjoyed the ceremonies we witnessed, the drumming, the men in saffron robes with only a tuft of hair on the crown of their heads, the chanting, and the spectacle of it all. Our special pass even entitled us to a special blessing (it's amazing what money can buy).

We were given a go-home treat of Indian Krishna sweets.
"Always Remember Krishna
Never Forget Krishna" Mmmm, wonder what was in those sweets?

It took 1.5+ hours each way to see the temple, Bree was a good sport and played with the kids in the car.

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