Guijar Village

On our way into the jungle to see a Gujjar village on the tractor

Children in the Gujjar village

A painted mud house

Kitchen

Bed

Sleeping quilts in the sleeping area

Schools- Government and Private

This is a one room government school for children who cannot pay for school.  The children were happy, but supplies are few and there is no furniture in the classroom 

This is the private school run by the ashram.  Many scholarships are given out. The fee is about 1000 rupees a year, about 15 dollars- These are 5th graders.

Rural Life

Cutting wheat by hand in Shaympur near Sri Ram

Cow patties drying in the sun . They are used to burn for cooking.

Cow pies- When dry, they don't smell!

Carrying wood in Shaympur

Nalanda

Visiting the archeological site of Nalanda, a great university that was in existence from the 7th to the 12th century, before the great universities of Europe

The sun setting over Nalanda

Vulture Peak

Young boy with a cricket bat

Walking up to vulture Peak where the Buddha taught

At the top of Vulture Peak watching the sunset.

Receiving a teaching from our teacher/guide of the meaning of this place in the life of The Buddha

Temple Hopping in Bodhgaya

An Indian teacher from a missionary school visiting Buddhist temples in Bodhgaya 

We take our shoes off to enter a Buddhist temple as a show of respect

Inside the Bhutanese temple

More from Uruvela

This is a Bodhi tree like the one that The Buddha became The Buddha under 

Friendly people in Uruvela village

Children playing in Uruvela