Event : Oddiyana Retreat and Pilgrimage with Ontul Rinpoche
2011
Date : Feb 2-8
Venue Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery, Rewalsar, Himachal
Pradesh, India
Website : http://www.dk-petsek.org/oddiyana-2011.html
Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery in Rewalsar have great
pleasure in announcing the 5th Oddiyana Retreat and Pilgrimage
Starting on 2nd February 2011.
His Eminence Lho Ontul Rinpoche will be teaching on the
following subjects:
Please note that the teachings are in Tibetan with an English
translation.
The teaching will commence on 2nd February 2011 and end on 8th
February. There will then be a 6 day tour, starting on 10th
February 2011, of Sanchi, Ellora caves, Ajanta caves and Kenheri
Caves. Lho Ontul Rinpoche will accompany the participants on the
tour and will give regular teachings and practice sessions.
Travel and Accommodation in Delhi
Travel & accommodation arrangements from Delhi to Rewalsar
can be made by contacting the following Travel Agency:
MIDDLE PATH TRAVEL AGENCY, DELHI
Contact Name: Jamyang
Address: Middlepath Travels (P) LTD.
G-8, 209, Plaza II,
Masjid Moth South Ext. II
New Delhi-49
Tel: +91 11 46076491
Fax: +91 11 46076492
Mobile: +91 9818728445/9958383369 (these numbers are for after
office hours)
E-mail: [email protected]
The tour details are as follows:
Feb. 9th - Leave Rewalsar for Delhi.
10th – Early morning train to Bhopal. Check into Hotel.
11th – Day time tour of Sanchi. (Sanchi has several stupas, the
main one contains the relics of Lord Buddha. Other stupas have the
relics of two of Buddha's disciples, namely Shariputra and
Maugalyana) Take night train to Manmad.
12th – After arrival in Manmad then a drive to Auramgabad. Tour
of Ellora Caves. (There are 12 caves belonging to the Buddhist
tradition here. Other caves belong to the Jain and Brahmin
traditions. One of the caves has a huge image of Lord Buddha)
13th – Morning tour of Ajanta Caves. (Here there are 27 Buddhist
caves cut into the rock face. Some of the caves are assembly halls,
some are temples and some meditation caves. Many gaves have
coloured pictures on the walls) The rest of the day is free for you
to do what you want.
14th – Morning drive to Kanheri Caves. (These caves are known as
the caves of the Eighty Mahasiddhas. There are 180 caves here) You
will then spend over night in Mumbai.
15th – Whole day free to tour Mumbai.
16th - Leave Mumbai. There are three options here:
- Option one – Fly home from Mumbai Airport
- Option Two – Fly back to Delhi
- Option Three – Train back to Delhi