Hursts in India

This is a photo from last Sunday, August 19, of the Mumbai Branch Relief Society.  They are a delightful group of sisters.  You can just barely see Wendy Keeler, our host and wife of the branch president, third from the left.  Friday evening at sunset we took a stroll through Lodi Gardens and discovered a few new Mughal structures.  Gateway to the Rose Garden The Shish Gumbad at dusk. Primary Activity Day, Saturday August 25.

  Week Ending 5 August 2018 We attended another dance concert on Monday night.  This one featured a combination of Kathak (north Indian) and Bharatnatyam (south Indian) styles. The emotion of the facial expressions and hand gestures is wonderful.  They are primarily telling stories originally enacted in the Hindu temples. The two other senior couples joined us and afterwards we went out to dinner.  On the way we encountered a heard of camels being ridden down the city street—right in the middle of traffic.  We stopped, they stopped and Elder Peck and Sister Smith took a spontaneous ride.  National Gandhi Museum Our friend, Vinay Sihgn made us aloo paratha (roti bread stuffed with potato pieces. Akshardham or Swaminarayan complex is a Hindu temple with an impressive light and water show.  With the sister missionaries. Week Ending 12 August 2018 Wednesday was truly a never-to-be-forgotten day....