The main attraction of this day did not allow us to take camera's in, unfortunatly. But it was one massive temple called Akshardam. Sculpted completely by hand, out of red Sandstone, this modern Indian temple was more of an amusement park than holy structure- ignoring the awe-inspiring actual temple structure. The temple had a walk through diorama that told the life of a saint (a famous one who's name I forgot), then you go to the IMAX (no joke) theater to see an 1 1/2 hour movie on another sait, then to the water ride that explains science and religion in India. That last part was the most impressive and informative, I very much appreciated it. Once we were through the energy consuming part of it, at nightfall we sat to watch the bellagio style water fountains. Then we finally walked to the ashram, took off our shoes, walked up 40 or so steps and stepped inside the massive structure that housed artifacts and statues of gods. The affair took up a full 4 hours.
Before all this started, around 5PM, we also had a full day. That morning I drove across the street to buy bread, yes I can officially say I drove in India no matter how few drivers there were at the time. We then went to the Great India Mall. Which really was great. They had all types of higher end stores, including a sit down KFC and sit down Pizza Hut. The clothing stores had very nice Indian clothes, and a large selection of American clothes (not so great). But one of the best parts of the mall was the Theatre's and how it transformed into a teenage haven at night. Also, those theatre's are very nice, with a nice lounge in the entrance, and the theatre has a nice big widescreen, okay audio, and huge chairs with lots of leg room.
The last important thing we did that day was eat true, real, kili (paan). The fresh ingrediants made me have an isatiable feeling for them.
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