Today we woke up, got ourselves dressed and ate a lovely breakfast at a very cute chai Shack. After that we went to a bus-terminal near Mumbay. The bus trip took us about two hours, we were visiting the standing Baba's temple.
I assume most of you do not know what they stand Baba temple is. It’s a temple for Hindu monks who has vowed to stand, not sitting or lying down even to sleep. This is a self-inflicted corporal punishment intended to help bring spiritual enlightenment. The monks are also called Khareshwar, and this monastic order are primarily found in India, but are not limited to that country.
I think the whole thing was horrible. How can they torture them self like that? Their feet’s was swollen and sore. It made me sick. The sickest thing is then they are asleep, they hang them self in a rope, but their feets are always touching the ground.
The babas (the monks calls them selvs for that), was telling us incredible stories about India, and the Hindu-culture. I actually found the journey to this temple very usefull!
This is the ugliest thing I ever seen.
Even that it was creepy and nasty to be there, I also think it was very interesting to see. And I think it’s cool that my friends never had done this before.
- Julie and Stian
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