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The Cockiest Shrine in Bangkok
At Bangkok’s Goddess Tuptim Shrine, there’s something prickly going down. At this veritable penis park, there are whoppers, dongers, cocks and dicks, carved-off woodies and sleek shiny johnsons in...
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Jesus and Mary in a Little Indian Boat
It’s Good Friday, and so why not mention this delightful little boat I pass every day? It gives passage to Baby Jesus and Mama Mary, who endlessly sail the open seas of Bangalore’s Shanthinagar...
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Sweet & Holy “No Pissing” Signage
If there’s a wall in India, someone’s planning to treat it like a latrine or a dump. Official signs, unofficial pleas, it doesn’t matter. Notice the dribbles of urinet spray below. What if you tried...
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The Ancient Roots of Swamp Thing?
This weekend we trekked down to Shravanabelagola, to see the 57′-tall statue of a naked god, apparently carved from a single piece of rock. It was big. It was holy. It was awesome. But at the same...
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Gorgeously Gory Paintings in a Burmese Temple
Most people visit Ananda Phaya to see the massive gold Buddha. I’m not surprised: it’s remarkable. But hidden in a side-alcove, propped up in the ceiling, I couldn’t help noticing a series of...
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Hindus Are Buried…?!
I didn’t know Hindus were buried. Like, they’re always cremated, right? And then we stumbled on our local Hindu graveyard. And realized how wrong we were. The Bangalore architect laughed at me when I...
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Another Little Bangalore Boat Church
53 weeks ago, I posted about my first boat church. The other day — deep in Bangalore’s Austin Town — I found another. So what does this represent? St Thomas coming to Kerala? Or Jesus and Mary coming...
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This Hindu God has 1,000 Vaginas!
So I’m in the middle of R.K. Narayan’s condensed version of the Ramayana — one of the great Indian epics — and I have to re-print the amazing story of Ahalya, Gautama and Indra. It’s too amazing. Now...
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So this guy walks into a bar…
(Thanks to Julie for the lovely pic of Woo at the Kumbh Mela.)
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Stepping on Human Skulls in Bangalore’s Black Magic Graveyard
As I stepped over the leg bone, I laughed. I’m no bone doctor, but it looked human to me. Orthopaedist, is that what it’s called? I’m no orthopaedist. Must be from a cow, or maybe a dog. Do dogs get …...
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