India 2009 - WBO/TBM Convention, Bodhgaya & Kalimpong

Padmapala displays his wares at Kolkata airport 370kb	Enjoying breakfast at Kolkata airport 391kb
Tea on the roof of the Root Institute, Bodhgaya 257kb	Prayer wheel at the Root Institute, Bodhgaya 440kb
Gardens of the Root Institute, Bodhgaya 439kb	Sleepy dogs outside the Root Institute 325kb
Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya 315kb	Grounds of the Mahabodhi Temple 338kb
Mahabodhi Temple 319kb	Mahabodhi Temple 344kb
Rupas around the Mahabodhi Temple 394kb	Stupa at the Mahabodhi Temple 350kb
Grounds of the Root Institute 451kb	Taranita turning the large prayer wheel at the Root Institute 398kb
Padmapala turning the large prayer wheel at the Root Institute 411kb	Large Gompa at the Root Institute 435kb
My accommodation (bottom left) at the Root Institute 436kb	My accommodation at the Root Institute 330kb
Mahabodhi Temple 438kb	Mahabodhi Temple 425kb
Muchalinda Lake at the Mahabodhi Temple 363kb	The Bodhi Tree at the Mahabodhi Temple 453kb
Practitioner and stupa at the Mahabodhi Temple 459kb	Mahabodhi Temple 266kb
Mahabodhi Temple 416kb	Mahabodhi Temple 376kb
Practitioner at the Mahabodhi Temple 401kb	Prajnamati with Indian Order Members at the Mahabodhi Temple 368kb
Young resident and goat at the Root Institute 364kb	Mahabodhi Temple 326kb
Tibetan monks taking breakfast at the Mahabodhi Temple 315kb	Prostration practice at the Mahabodhi Temple 487kb
Meditating at the Mahabodhi Temple 321kb	Breakfast at the Om Restaurant, Bodhgaya 410kb
Bull wandering in Bodhgaya High Street 367kb	Bodhgaya High Street 402kb
Western Buddhist Order/Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha Convention 2009 363kb	High Street Bodhgaya 382kb
Taranita at the Om Restaurant 372kb	Evening at Bodhgaya 486kb
Rupa at the Root Institute 388kb	The Great Buddha Statue, Bodhgaya 363kb
The Great Buddha Statue, Bodhgaya 237kb	Thai Temple, Bodhgaya 280kb
Inside the Thai Temple, Bodhgaya 434kb	Members of the WBO/TBM practice under the Bodhi Tree 419kb
Stupas at the Mahabodhi Temple 461kb	Ambulance of the Root Institute Clinic 372kb
Detail from the Large Gompa of the Root Institute 453kb	Sujata Temple shrine, Bakrour 385kb
Sujata Temple 347kb	Palm trees at the Sujata Temple 412kb
Crossing the Niranjana River during the dry season 346kb	Bodhgaya Dwellings 354kb
Royal Bhutan Monastery, Bodhgaya 307kb	Detail within the Royal Bhutan Monastery 506kb
Rupa in the Royal Bhutan Monastery 401kb	Taranita at the Padmasambhava rupa in the Royal Bhutan Monastery 436kb
Detail from the Large Gompa of the Root Institute 101kb	Detail from the Large Gompa of the Root Institute 373kb
Welcome Mr. Taranita 378kb	Indian bus 434kb
Dharmavajri & Taranita with new friends 407kb	Indian truck 356kb
Chai stop on the way to Patna 356kb	Padi fields on the train journey to New Jaipalguri 350kb
Buildings on the road to Kalimpong 453kb	Flower at Holumba Nursery, Kalimpong 344kb
Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Institute (ITBCI), Kalimpong 333kb	Meeting Dhardo Rinpoche 304kb
Kalimpong 397kb	Members of the ITBCI 306kb
Schools out for children of the ITBCI 407kb	Singing at the end of the school day 376kb
School children of the ITBCI 311kb	Summer house at Holumba 425kb
Flower at Holumba 326kb	Breakfast at Holumba 357kb
The Hermitage (Magnolia Cottage), Holumba, Kalimpong 373kb	Hat Bazaar, Kalimpong 421kb
Hat Bazaar, Kalimpong 416kb	Hat Bazaar, Kalimpong 429kb
Hard-working resident of Kalimpong 325kb	Tongsa Gompa, Kalimpong 422kb
Prayer wheels at the Tongsa Gompa 380kb	Ceremonial masks at the Tongsa Gompa 456kb
Shrine at the Tongsa Gompa 446kb	Prayer flag at the Tongsa Gompa 275kb
Taranita, Padmapala and friend with Snow Leopard dancers 322kb	Old Ghoom Gompa 337kb
Maitreya rupa at Old Ghoom Gompa 381kb	Stupa for the previous Dhardo Rinpoche at Old Ghoom Gompa 299kb
Tibetans celebrating at Old Ghoom Gompa 308kb	Tibetan ladies at Old Ghoom Gompa 282kb
Tibetan black bear, Kalimpong zoo 410kb	Myna bird, Kalimpong zoo 419kb
Rupa at Kalimpong zoo 407kb	River Ganges on the flight from Bagdogra to Kolkata 297kb

© Taranita 2009
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