18. December 2024     The next day, another building was on the agenda: the Sun Temple in Modhera. It dates back to the 11th century and is no longer used as a temple. There is only a small one on the grounds with a man:     The large one consists of a kind … Continue reading Patan -> Poshina – The temple of the waterbottles → Read more

17. December 2024     What’s a bit bad about Bhuj is that it’s a bit out of the way and you drive a similar route to the east again. The good thing is that you can see the industrialisation of this area again in an impressive way. And at some point it stops again … Continue reading Bhuj -> Patan – A village named Nana → Read more

16. December 2024     So the next day my new driver Deep arrived, an older, very pleasant gentleman, originally from the Udaipur area, but who works from Ahmedabad and is very experienced. We now have a much smaller car – and somehow I find it quite comfortable. We drove back to the villages that … Continue reading Banni Villages – New friends far away → Read more

14. + 15. December 2024     The next morning Raghu said goodbye, he had to go home urgently. The rest of us got into the car and drove quite a long way to Bhuj, the main town that belongs to the Greater Rann of Kutch. On the way, we only stopped once for a … Continue reading LRK -> Bhuj – Santa Claus in the salt desert → Read more

12. + 13. December 2024     What is grown a lot here is cotton in addition to castor oil. Most of the bolls had already cracked open and soon you could pick off the tufts.       India is known for its great fabrics and their diverse manufacturing techniques anyway. We were getting … Continue reading Muli -> LRK – The missing crocodile in the bathroom → Read more

12. December 2024     The next morning we gave the fort another chance and visited it. It had been extensively renovated in recent years and was now resplendent. But somehow the charm had been lost in the process.         But what I was really keen on were the Buddhist caves. I … Continue reading Junagadh -> Muli – The partridge was just shot without being killed → Read more

11. December 2024     But we took the cable car for the long stretch. I wanted to hike all the metres up to the 1,050 m high Girnar Hill, but had imagined a beautiful nature trail. However, as it is a pilgrimage mountain, there were only steps here too – and as you had … Continue reading Junagadh – Many steps are going up and down → Read more

10. December 2024     Diu is a small island right on the landmass of Gujarat. You don’t really realise that you are on one. Together with other small tracts of land in western India, it forms a speciality, a so-called Union Territory. These 4 areas belonged to Portugal for a long time, i.e. until … Continue reading Diu -> Somnath -> Gir – You just can have coffee with milk → Read more

9. December 2024     If you want to make a pilgrimage in Palitana, there are around 3,500 steps and 600 metres of altitude to climb! Not only many Jains wanted to do this, but we did too. The steps, not the pilgrimage. But first to Jainism. It’s a pretty strict religion when it comes … Continue reading Palitana + Talaja – The current Aeon is considered an age of decay → Read more

8. December 2024     To start with the cliffhanger from the previous blog post: the train arrived too early! Much too early! 20 minutes! I’m sure Deutsche Bahn just looks stupid! We travelled 12 hours (minus 20 minutes) from Delhi to Ahmedabad. It was my first time travelling in 2nd class, so only 2 … Continue reading Delhi -> Palitana – Experiences are lined up one after the other → Read more