Hindu temple in Redmond,Washington

Wherever we go outside India,we always wish that there should be some God's temple nearby. Following this wish I searched in google and found an Iskcon temple in Washington,US.Its newly constructed some 6 months back. It is a Krishna,Ram-Lakshman temple.Also it has 6 gopurs, a tulsi plant at the entrance. Prayers of Ram and Krishns are continiously going on. After visiting there, we really feel as if we are in India. The temple has a big hall which can be booked for some functions like threading, birthday ,marriage ceremony. All the festivals like Ganpati, Diwali, Dasera is celebrated, and also Karwa chauth pooja is done there. Aarti takes place everyday at 7 pm in the evening after which prasad is distributed. Its very amazing that even though people are in a foreign country, they dont forget their Indian gods.Please see the photos.

India in Canada

At first even I didnt believed that there is "India in Canada" but after going to this place yesterday, I was really surprised and felt like Iam in India for some time. Yes, in Richmond city of Canada there is a place called "Little India". This little india covers some 3-4 lanes of this city. Here you see most of the residents are Indians (especially Punjabis). Shopping stores, hair cutting saloons, pan ki dukaan, cloth stores, mithaai ki dukaan etc etc are all like typically Pune,Mumbai, Delhi style. There are shops on the footpath side, vehicles parked in front of the shops. You smell the delicious smell of the sweets prepared in the kitchens.The sign board of stores are in Hindi. When you stroll along the lanes looking at each of the shops, you literally feel as if you are walking along some streets of Deccan,Laxmi road of Pune or Dadar in Mumbai.(I dont know abt other cities but have stayed in Pune,Mumbai so mentioned these two). After a very long time I heard the word "Bhai Sahab" in one of the Indian grocery stores. After staying in US for a year, my ears have become used to the words like "Hi How are you". But our Desi word Bhai Sahab really made me feel that Yes, this is "India" but due to small area its "Little".

Play area for pets

Recently I visited a public park named Nelson Park in Vancouver downtown. Usually in parks we see play areas for children, but alongwith childrens' here I saw a play area made for pets(dogs). It was really amazing to see that. All the dog owners were busy introducing their pet-dogs with one another's pet-dog and and then all the pets playing some ball or dics games with each other. It was a very nice view to watch.