Its a supremely spledid city...full of new surprises and those little curio moments..
Plus, a whole cauldron of different cultures, races, ways of life, languages, people. Food of course I've mentioned.
This time we made a slightly rushed but very fulfilling visit to the Swaminarayan temple in Neasden area. The architecture of the temple follows the general model of the Swaminarayan sect and is breathtaking. Pic by Rohit..
And if you go there dont forget to go to the temple restaurant. Its full of good old gujarati food...awesome dhoklas. Plus they have really nice mithais. Needless to say, we had a huge package to take back home...
There are the slightly puzzling aspects though for the uninitiated....Their insistence that all females in skirts wrap a 'sarong style' cloth before going in, being one of them. Places of worship for centuries were just that- places where you went to find inner peace and sanctity, without worrying about what other people thought about your style of dressing. No one would go to a temple wanting to be disrespectful. But having to follow pre-ordained dress codes can be a little paiful for some of us.
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