Jade Buddha Temple : IT WAS SNOWING
I had long before decided that the Jade Buddha temple was something that I must visit. Today was the day. I knew the weather forecast and carried an umbrella…it was good because it was raining since morning. Took a taxi to the nearest subway station. Then took a metro to the Jingan stop and taxi from there to the Jade Buddha temple.
Anyone who likes temples will love it. And anyone who does not like temples so much also I guess will like it. I remember hen Prashanth had been to coorg, he was impressed by the Buddha temple there…he not generally very impressed by temples 
I am sure he would have liked this one.
They pray almost the same way as we Indians do. They light fire, incense sticks, they do namaskara.
The statues were huge ones. The entrance fee was nominal and it was worth it. I loved it.
Took a lot of pics. But since it was a temple, all people were praying…so could not ask anyone to click my snap. Just asked once. So only one snap of mine will be there.
The actual Jade Buddha, is a statue that is made from one single stone of real Jade. It was very pretty. But here photography was prohibited. The place was so peaceful.
Some shops inside. Bought something. But too expensive inside the temple….as usual…
Spent quite some time there an then came out. Visited the shops outside. Did hell lot of bargaining and got some stuff…
Got a taxi and he dropped me at the Jingan temple instead of the Jingan subway station…I knew that this would happen because I had a doubt when the lady at the reception wrote the address for me. Anyway, I got down there and visited that temple also.
It was also a Buddha temple. But it was located in the midst of a very commercial place. Took a few pics there also.
Then found out that the subway station was just round the corner of the street. So walked there, had a Nescafe hot coffee, and took a train to the LuJiaZui station. I was too early there. So started reading my novel. At about 1:45 I the afternoon I left to the road so that I could take the shuttle that would come from the hotel…
This was a great thing…but the main thing that happened during this complete rip was…..IT SNOWED LIKE CRAZY…..it was raining first…then I thought I saw some snow flakes….and then within no time….it was a heavy down pour of snow…I was so happy to see snow for the first time in my life….but the happiness did notlast long.
I had the flakes all over me…It was extremely difficult to go around. Holding the umbrella was a big problem…the ice was hitting the face going into my eyes and mouth…the worst was that it was so heavy along with wind that it broke my umbrella…the umbrella is hotel property…now I think I got to pay for it… 
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