Sankissa (also Sankasya)
November 6, 2018
I have mentioned earlier that we are traveling with Deepak Anand, a knowledgeable person about Xuanzang, and his travels in India.
Thanks to Deepak we took a walk through the village of Sankissa. Here is some information from his website: “Raghav Dixit shared with me how his uncle Shri Mukta Prasad Dixit and his elder brothers, Shri Devendra Nath Dixit and Chandrika Dixit made efforts to facilitate the preservation, conservation and promotion of the Buddhist heritage of Saṅkāsya.”
This is the family that you will see in some of the following photographs. You can read Deepaks entire post about Sankissa here
The monks walking and chanting through the village of Sankissa
We visited Sankissa (Sankasya) last year during a Hindi holiday, and you can read all about that here.
This year I decided to concentrate on the people of the village, so I will let the photos tell the story.
Sankissa is a very large potato growing area.
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The children were very interested in the monks as they chanted, and my camera as well.
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We received a wonderful description of the area and were shown artifacts that the Dixit family, and other villagers, have found over the years.
The family showed us these, and many other, artifacts they have dug up. An archeological study of the area would reveal their age and significance, but sadly, that may never occur.
Deepak explaining the significance of the area to the monks
The younger son of the family took the microphone as we were leaving and explained how this visit will be talked about in the village for years to come. I knew that when I started to see the wonder in the eyes of the children. I will never know how it affects their desire for learning in the future, whether about the strange men in orange robes, Buddhism, or just the west, but I knew I was part of something magical that day.