Early start to see Mother Teresa's home.
I found the visit here very moving. In fact it brought me to tears. I saw her bedroom, very simple of course. There was a small museum of photographs and information on her life.
Above: her tomb
A service in progress next to the tomb
Love this...above...on her tomb
This is the tram ahead.....no other city in India has trams, and they only run at certain times.
Hindu shrine, as we went to our next place
close up of the shrine......lots of study to know the meanings of all this
Above, we arrived at the Potters section of Kolkata. Here is a bust of a Hindu goddess in clay, ready to be painted. Notice the straw on the right, used in construction of the figures.
The goddess with her foot on her husband's chest......
The Potter's alleyway.....
More potters things
Selling the figures...two school kids doing homework in the midst. I am now doing the blog many days later, due to stomach problems, journey fatigue , and erratic internet in the mountains, which makes uploading pics very difficult. So I will outline the rest of Kolkata trip here....the pics you can ask to see when I'm back. So after the potter's trip, we went to the flower market. That was the most spectacular thing, and the pics are wonderful. We stopped and had chai.....also a very memorable experience to see the authentic process in action. We drank from disposable clay mugs, and it was the best I've ever had.The pics of this are good. Then over the bridge over the Ganges. Millions of people....it is the second largest city in India, but very old. We saw people bathing on the edge of the Ganges to spiritually cleanse themselves. Then got on the ferry, and had a short trip across this huge river. On the other side, we got into the van and drove to the Victoria Memorial. On the way we drove through a huge pedestrian traffic street....just us in the van and millions of people!! Quite spectacular. The Victoria monument is all made from marble, and is very impressive as the pics will show. We had a brief lunch there, and I looked at an art exhibition on the lawns surrounding the monument to Queen Vic. Very talented local terra cotta crafts, and many other kinds were there. I stopped to hear a folk musician, who truly sang from the soul. Then we went back to the hotel for free time, and supper at a place where I ate seafood.
Indian potter at work....swans.....sales outlet above that
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