Cows. Goats. Aroma of fresh dung. Vermillion of spits. People carrying hard sticks ready to pounce on anyone anytime. Of course Laloo. All of these synonymous to Bihar. This was what I had been thinking till that day when someone I knew invited me to Bodh Gaya, Bihar. Couldn't refuse the offer, so started a little research on the place. Thanks to Google Dadi and Wiki Nani, could get a better picture of the place than what I had imagined.

One look at the Patna Airport, and all my imagination of the place seemed to be so very true. The way from the Patna Airport to Gaya was far from better and it was now only God and the Cab Driver who could make us reach on time. Though the driver had very nominal knowledge of the location, he pretty well managed to drop us at our destination at Bodh Gaya 3 hrs beyond the expected time.

So, the plan was to attend an event and be back. While we were whiling our time in between events, we went trotting around the Monasteries there. What struck me with awe was there...