After the market we went on a ride on the brand new metro system in Bangalore! There were hardly any people using it yet because it just opened and there's only one line operating, but everything was working normally and there was enough room to accommodate a LOT of people.
Instead of giving out printed tickets, for a one time pass they give you a plastic coin.
We then went to a Sikh temple and a Hare Krishna temple for ISKCON or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. At both places we first had to wash our feet and hands and leave our shoes at the entrance in order to go inside, and both places gave free food to people in need regardless of their religion, gender, and race.
The Sikh are some people who are discriminated against the most in India, and they can be identified because of the men wearing turbans around their heads. To go inside the temple we girls had to wear head scarves and the guys had to wear bandanas.
This is my roommate, Kelsey, and I on the bus before going inside!
On the temple grounds there was a school for girls, a free meal distribution place, a huge kitchen, dormitories for the homeless who need a place to stay, and a prayer hall.
The last temple we went to was the Sri Radha Krishna Temple, which was a beast of a building. We couldn't take pictures inside and I didn't get a good one from the outside, so this is a picture from Google. The whole time we were waiting in line to get in or giving our shoes to security, there was the same prayer playing in the background that now I know by heart:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Kirshna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
(pronounced ha-rey)
There was even one part of the temple that we skipped over, where in a snaking line every step you took the people had to chant the prayer out loud. The followers of this religion have to say it 108 every day.
Instead of giving out printed tickets, for a one time pass they give you a plastic coin.
I saw this sign, and I thought it was cool how the pregnant and nursing figures are wearing saris!
We then went to a Sikh temple and a Hare Krishna temple for ISKCON or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. At both places we first had to wash our feet and hands and leave our shoes at the entrance in order to go inside, and both places gave free food to people in need regardless of their religion, gender, and race.
The Sikh are some people who are discriminated against the most in India, and they can be identified because of the men wearing turbans around their heads. To go inside the temple we girls had to wear head scarves and the guys had to wear bandanas.
This is my roommate, Kelsey, and I on the bus before going inside!
On the temple grounds there was a school for girls, a free meal distribution place, a huge kitchen, dormitories for the homeless who need a place to stay, and a prayer hall.
The last temple we went to was the Sri Radha Krishna Temple, which was a beast of a building. We couldn't take pictures inside and I didn't get a good one from the outside, so this is a picture from Google. The whole time we were waiting in line to get in or giving our shoes to security, there was the same prayer playing in the background that now I know by heart:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Kirshna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
(pronounced ha-rey)
There was even one part of the temple that we skipped over, where in a snaking line every step you took the people had to chant the prayer out loud. The followers of this religion have to say it 108 every day.
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