Tathagata

Karla Caves, an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, is a complex of cave shrines built by Buddhist monks around 3rd to 2nd century B.C. It is located in Karli near Lonavala, a hill station, in the western state of Maharashtra between the cities of Mumbai and Pune in India. It is on a major trade route that runs from the Arabian Sea eastward, into the Deccan. Karli’s location in Maha…

Laos, our tour begins after a short flight from Vientianne to Luang Prabang, Laos’s ancient royal capital filled with gilded temples surrounded by mountains and rivers. After a one-hour boat ride up the Mekong River we stop for a visit to the Pak Ou Caves where we saw thousands of Buddha statues. After a lunch we visited a village that has houses raised on stilts topped with steep thatch…