Bannerghatta National Park

Sunday I met with one of my contacts in Bangalore and headed out for some sight seeing. We went to a number of places. First we visited Vidhana Soudha which is the state government building. Next we saw Attara Kacheri which is the high court of the state of Karnataka. Bangalore is the state capital of Karnataka. We then moved on to Cubbon Park. Next we went to a Shiva Statue, I still haven't figured out if this is technically a temple or not but many people where there praying. This was a giant 65 foot high statue of Shiva. I learned a bit about the Hindu religion although because there are so many gods and each one of them has so many forms I have had a really hard time grasping the religion. It also seems like Hindus typically choose one of the gods to focus there worship on, however there chosen god then has many lings which are different forms and provide different benefits through worship to each of them. Finally we moved on to Bannerghatta Park. This is a lot like a zoo but instead of walking through an area with caged animals you ride in a bus through the park where the animals are roaming. The picture below is the most impressive one from our journey through the park.

NOTE: So later on I learned that only Shiva has lings and the lings you pray to for different benefits but the three gods Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu (creator, destroyer and keeper of balance) just take on different forms and have different stories associted with different forms.


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