In and around Sihora...

The Hindi Medium School run by the Ashram

The girls have found a quiet place to study!

A gorgeous tree as seen from the School

 Above left is a lake. Seen in the setting sun, it looks gorgeous.


A small temple on the banks of a lake (above right)


                     Wheat fields

                             
The wheat field to the left has this pathway cut into it....People who walk on this can hardly be seen. It's done to facilitate the harvesting. The pic on the right has a haystack under that lovely tree.
                                       









These trees with their bright orange flowers dot the landscape. The flowers are used to make natural dye.

Evening, and the night sky...

at Sihora

Godhuli (Dusk)

Cows going back home at the end of the day...

Night sky

Lent prayers in the village...

Gutehi.

The road to Gutehi 

The road goes through picturesque fields





A lake on the way








When marble was discovered in this area, the villagers had to leave rather abruptly because of the quarrying....The landscape tells its own tale...




The Mission house at Village Gora. We passed this on the way...It's just getting ready for the family that will stay here. On the side a biggish hall is being made for devotions and as a school.

Sisters at work...

                               




                                          Making the sacrament wine



                    The unleavened bread/wafers are also made by the Sisters

The heavens declare the glory of God...

 Tremendous thunder
                                                           lighting streaking across the sky...




but what beauty in the storm.

And then the sunset though the dark thunderclouds were hovering around.

Gadiya Mohalla...

Another balwadi that Sister Aleyamma works in.




This is the way to the Balwadi. A pretty courtyard on the way. The usual open drains and cows and buffaloes in happy coexistence with the people.

The Bal Mandir is where the children study.






On the left, Sister is waiting with some of the eager children for the keys which the teacher has to bring. The teacher with the kids.



Children are children - they come so happily to school - torn clothes, but clean and neatly worn; a little necklace or bangle to sparkle them up. The boys have to have their jeans.....

Even on their broken slates they write out the Hindi alphabet and numbers with tiny chalk pieces, and come proudly to show Sister! Happy, happy children....

The Primary School...

 Children at play in the Primary School that is in the Ashram grounds. The little chap on the left was not too keen on anything till we gave him a little push on the swing - then he smiled!!

4 little girls were walking around very sedately!






Children have these wooden blocks to play with...so here we have, on the left, a house with a train going in front of the house, and on the right, the kids are making a two-storey house!








This is the way they come to school. Colourful bags are put on two hooks, and the little ones are safely inside. When they get off, the rickshaw man gives them their bags....and then it's one mad rush to keep their bags and run around or join a group...