Hursts in India

Work continues on the baby quilts.  Sisters Srinivasan and Rayudu came to work on Wednesday . . .  Along with Lucy Broadbent and her mom Sheralie and Sisters Meenakshi, Matheshu, Thyagarajanm, Hansen and Nirmla Dass.  We are over half way through the 100 quilt kits provided by the Latter-day Saint Humanitarian Center. Friday we visited and closed a Latter-day Saint Charities project at Bhavya Rehabilitation Centre in East Delhi.  The Church had donated learning material, desks and chairs to this school for children with disabilities.  The kids always have such a sweet spirit and its a treat to be around them. Saturday morning we visited Tughlaquabad Fort, built by Ghazi Malik Tughlaq between 1321 and 1325.   Tughlau qas the governor of Dipalpur in Punjam under Alauddin Khilji.  Whe Khilji's sons proved incapable of holding power, he orchestrated a coup and became the sultan.          ...

Our delightful visit with Winston and Kathy continued on Monday morning with a visit to Humayun's Tomb, 1570, first garden tomb on the Indian sub-continent and setting an architectural trend that culminated in the Taj Mahal.   This shot was taken from the interior of the smaller and earlier Isa Kahn Tomb. From Humayun's Tomb we walked to the old Nizmuddin neighborhood to the shrine of the Sufi Saint Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya or Hazarat Nizammudin.  We listened to qawwali and just watched all the interesting people. That evening we attended a performance of the Ramayana  at the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra.  This closing scene depicts the return of Ram and Sita on a moonless night to the kingdom of Kosala where he assumed the throne after 14 years in exile.  They were greeted by the people with lamps hence the celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights. On Tuesday morning we visited the Jama Masjid, built by the Mughal E...

Kolkata Durga Puja; Gwalior- Winston/Kathy - Dussehra & Palace-Fort; Back to Delhi for dinner at Lakori (Haveli in Old Delhi), Qutub Minar and Mehrauli Archaeological Park Durga Puja  is an annual  Hindu  festival originating in the  Indian subcontinent  which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess,  Durga .   As per mythology, the festival marks the victory of goddess Durga in her battle against the shape-shifting  asura ,  Mahishasura .   Thus, the festival epitomizes the victory of good over evil, though it is also in part a harvest festival celebrating the goddess as the motherly power behind all of life and creation. The puja is performed in homes and in the public, the latter featuring temporary stage and structural decorations (known as  pandals ) .  (Wikipedia!) Jeanette & Amrita Kundu Jeanette Jeanette, Sayantanee Saha (Bhowmick), Amrita Ku...