Temples

Pachmarhi is a town with many temples in caves. We went to three of the main ones.

The first one that we went to is arguably the most famous: Jata Shankar. Although much of the shrine was underwater because of the monsoon season, it is dedicated to the Shiva, one of the three principle deities in Hinduism. A symbol of Shiva is the trident, which explains the tridents in the pictures. We also received blessings while at the temples, which include these red and orange bracelets on my arm:

We also visited two other cave temples.

One of them was beautifully ornamented on the outside with marble floors. Although many (or most) temples contain beautiful stonework or beautiful stone in general, the work at this temple was beautiful and green. However, this place was also infested with many monkeys. These monkeys in particular enjoyed coming terrifyingly close to people.

The third temple was the smallest and hardest to enter. In order to get to this temple, you had to squeeze through a small tunnel, which apparently is only held open with wooden or bamboo sticks, to reach an opening at the end. Despite the difficulties of entry, it was very beautiful, and I really enjoyed going there.