Trip #4

I really thought the Hindu temple was really interesting. The outside of the building was cool because I liked how it was sculpted. The inside had kind of a dual purpose I thought. When you walk in there is a common area with a “café” type thing where you can buy food. Basically anyone can come here whenever they want to and eat which I thought was kind of weird. When we went upstairs it was different. There were statues all over that were actually made in India, and all of the statues of the gods were made out of black marble which I thought was really cool. All of the statues were really pretty also.
As we talked about in class, each temple is based on a certain god. This temple was based on Vishnu, the god of protection. There were statues of other important gods as well. Each god was put into its own little “cave” type thing. One thing I thought was really interesting was that they bathe the gods every day, week, or month. The bath consists of room temperature milk, fruit juices, honey and other things.
Since the temple was based on Vishnu, he was the largest statue and had the largest “cave.” The statue was really pretty. It was made of black marble. The crown that he wore was made out of pure gold by someone specifically for this temple. The doors to all of the “caves” had gold plating on them which made them more special. I thought it was really cool how one of the priests was blessing some of the visitors that came, and he invited us to join. The experience was really cool. Overall, this was my favorite place we visited so far.