Graduate Students Tour India Temples

Ryan and Joshua were religious studies graduate students who had received a joint study grant to visit India. They both had a focus on the history of Hindu gods and their articulation into society and the corresponding effects on cultural evolution. They had also become close friends while studying in the two year program that would lead them to their Master’s Degrees. Ryan knew he wanted to continue on with Hindu Studies and would ultimately pursue a PhD and go on to teach in a university. Joshua was a little more allusive in his long-term goals and had various interests. He knew writing would be a part of his future, and also had an interest in library work and even museums. While they had developed a close friendship, Ryan did not understand how Joshua could be so nonchalant about his future. Meanwhile Joshua could not relate to what he perceived to be Ryan’s rigidity.

However, what they both agreed on was how they would spend their grant money. They were both enormously interested in visiting some of the great Hindu temples of India and they arranged a sort of whirlwind tour of some of them. And although their grant didn’t provide for a stay in luxury accommodations, Ryan’s father contributed to a one night celebrational stay in one of the India 5 star hotels. Goa provided them a great afternoon on a beach and also the opportunity to visit some great temples. The toured the Sri Bhagavati Temple whose construction dates back to 1600. They were greatly impressed with the two story lamp towers that flanked the façade of this temple that was dedicated to the Lord Brahma. They also visited the beautiful Sri Mahalasa Temple that was built in the seventeenth century and is dedicated to the worship of the Lord Vishnu.

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