To start off in class we got to go to a bunch of different religious places such as a two Budhist temples, a Sikh temple and a Hindu temple.My class ended up going to more but I was on a band trip. Anyways these places were quite interesting and we first stopped at a Buddhists temple. In my opinion it was the better Budhist temple because it felt more authentic. When we first got there we were greeted by a monk and he told us to sit down in this room that had some of the most detailed art I’ve ever seen. There was a giant gold Buddha not a small one a giant one.
(Sorry it’s sideways)
That picture was takin from like, thirty feet away maybe more. My jaw dropped when I walked in there. The monk talked to us about most of the basics in their religion and why he became a monk.
The next Budhist temple we went to was more hands on and we did more things. I believe that we prayed 2 or 3 times in different rooms and their temple was more of temple but didn’t go to the same extent inside for detail but it was still pretty amazing.
Actually I think we stopped at a Hindu temple. Anyways the Hindu temple was pretty cool. First we went upstairs and got to see these cool statues that were sitting out in this room. The person who was giving the tour showed us what everything was for and everything symbolized. It was all quite interesting.
The last place we went to was a Sikh temple and one of my favourite parts about Sikh temples is that they serve food there. When we got there the outside was interesting and very cool, it had this cool elephant fountain outside.
(The Picture of the temple it self had my finger over it sorry)
First we had to cover our heads with these napkin like things. Then we went and ate at the cafeteria and ate vegetarian Indian food. Some of it was quite good other parts weren’t as good. After we were done eating we went into this giant prayer room that had a couple people in it and we all got in a line got down on our knees and touched our head to the ground and went and sat down. Then they handed out candy and we went upstairs but we weren’t alowed to eat the candy and we had to put it in our pockets and of course we were sitting down and I was wearing jeans so it was almost impossible to get it into my pocket. She told us things about Sikh religion and asked things if we knew them and she was surprised on how much we knew. After we were done there we left and went back to the school and left at 3:00.
That was my Religon experience,not yours
(Sorry I didn’t have that many pictures, they didn’t save)