The Elephanta Grottoes are Hindu ruins located on Elephanta Island in Mumbai Bay.

The three-faced statue of Shiva here is renowned as one of India's masterpieces. Before heading to Ajanta and Ellora, I would love to see this statue myself. So I took a boat from Mumbai to Elephanta Island.

Saanchi is a World Heritage Site famous for the largest and oldest existing stupa, and is considered a very important site in the history of Buddhism.

The word "stupa" is not very familiar to us Japanese, but to put it very roughly, it means "a grave containing the remains of Buddha or his disciples. It is also the origin of the word "stupa" in Japan.

Many Buddhist sites, including the Khajuraho site, have long been forgotten in India.

They were buried in the earth and did not see the light of day until the English discovered them in the 19th century. But is it really possible? How is it possible that no one knew about such huge ruins? I had such doubts.

Shiva Linga is absolutely unavoidable when considering the Hindu faith.

As we saw in the previous article, this Shiva Linga sits as an important presence in Khajuraho. It would be significant to study this Shiva Linga for comparison with sexually stoic Buddhism.

I came to Khajuraho for a reason. I wanted to see "something" here. I am sure you will be surprised at what I see here.

The number one Indian Hindu art in my mind is here by far. It is without a doubt the pinnacle of Indian art.

Late October 2023. I set off again for India.

I was determined to be thoroughly "Gentile" on this trip.

Gentiles...

I think this way. "Gentile eyes make the journey more exciting." Travel forces us to separate ourselves from our daily lives and transforms us into Gentiles.

India in August was too severe. I had to learn from that lesson and complete the itinerary successfully this time. I carefully rethought my plan and prepared for the second expedition to India and Sri Lanka, which was to begin at the end of October. In this article, I would like to describe the general itinerary and objectives of this expedition to India and Sri Lanka.

Finally, the last day in India. Although I had an accident on the way to India where I collapsed from the Indian baptism, it was an intense and exciting India.

Although I thought on the way to the airport, "There will be no more of this," India still showed me some interesting things. In this article, I will tell you about the last incident I saw in service-rich India.