{"id":349,"date":"2019-12-14T08:04:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=349"},"modified":"2019-12-15T06:38:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T11:38:38","slug":"lotus-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On my second day in New Delhi I decided to go out and see the Lotus Temple. It’s located in South Delhi and so I decided to take the metro. This involved me changing metro lines, which was a long walk but was all done inside the metro station and was pretty painless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see that it appears to be a popular attraction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bah\u00e1’\u00ed house of worship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So the Lotus Temple is named because of its shape – but in fact it is called the Bah\u00e1’\u00ed house of worship. There is apparently one on each continent. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed is a relatively new religion, about 200 years old I was told. There is a quite informative information centre once you enter the ground and you can ask any questions you have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visitor centre was very quiet and relaxing. I would say most people head straight for the temple. It’s hard to find calm in New Delhi so I really enjoyed chatting with the staff in the visitor centre and appreciating the peace and quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hauz Khas Village<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I took a slight detour to get here to go into Hauz Khas Village. It’s a small part of South Delhi that is more upscale and it’s a bit more quiet and less crazy that other areas. To get to it you can get off at the metro stop and walk through the rose garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, this too is in New Delhi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As you can see this area is pretty quiet. It’s a scenic walk, but unfortunately beside the path is quite a lot of garbage. People seem to discard their rubbish into the bushes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hauz Khas was formed around a reservoir. Apparently it used to be a lot larger, but still there is a nice lake that you can walk around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When I got back to the metro station I decided to take a picture of traffic. This station is elevated and so it made it easy to walk across the overpass and take a photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So how many lanes are being used?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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