Saturday, June 23, 2007

This Hindu shrine is on the hill just south of Dal Lake, and the ascent makes for some good exercise once you manage to get out onto open ground. Today this involved a fairly direct approach that resulted in me picking my way through what seemed to be a graveyard, but we won't read too much into that.

Inside is a big stone lingam, symbol of Shiva or Hugh G Rection, I'm not sure. I have no idea why this should be a place of pilgrimage, but there's no accounting for religious belief.
I now have a bus ticket to Leh, which means I've finally given up on flying around and eased myself in the overland travelling zone. It's taken a few days, but as they say, India is a hard nut to crack.

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