9.2.2020 lodi walk
Jaya Iyer
Spring , afoot – trees of Lodi Garden walk
Date :9.2.2020
Time: 8.00 am
Meeting Point: Gate no.1 (Ashoka Gate), lodi garden opposite Mausam Bhavan
Contact Person; Jaya Iyer 9582865723
The walk
Delhi has a brief but beautiful spring , lets walk to meet a few iconic and rare trees this Sunday
We will focus on few trees and experience the spring as trees may do , a slow meditative experiential walk rather than rushing to see many – a bit of poetry, natural history, mythology, deep ecology , contemplation and self exploration
About the place
Lodi garden needs no introduction
Spread over 90 acres, the Lodhi Garden, previously called the Lady Willingdon Park, has a national bonsai park, herbal garden, bamboo garden, butterfly zone, lotus and lily pond, peacock hatchery and the tallest (35.5 m) tree in Delhi called 'Buddha Coconut'
Essentials:
bring water and wear walking shoes , you may want to bring a song or poem you want to share with trees and humans
About the facilitator
Jaya Iyer: is a teacher, storyteller, traveler, artist, activist She has worked in the field of process theatre, development education and community art She has twenty five years of experience. She is one of the founder member of the group
Trees
BY JOYCE KILMER
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Sumanta K Bhowmick
Diversity in Devotion – Mandir Marg Walk
Date :16.2.2020 Sunday
Time: 9.30 am
Meeting Point: Gate no.3 exit, Ramkrishna Ashram Marg (Blue Line Metro)
Contact Person: Sumanta K Bhowmick, 9971369909
The walk
Delhi has a Mandir Marg, especially devoted to places of worship and prominent educational institutes.
We will focus on the diversity in the ways people worship in a vast country like ours and ponder about the origin, philosophy, mythology and history of these venerated places.
About the place
We will start with the Mandir (temple) premises where Mahatma Gandhi stayed for more than 200 days and then visit some more temple, church, schools etc to end at Kalibari Mandir.
Essentials:
Bring water and wear walking shoes (you may have to put your shoes outside the places of worship). Please keep silence and adhere to the norms, if so laid down.
About the facilitator
Sumanta K Bhowmick is fond of the history of Delhi and New Delhi. He has authored a book titled ‘Princely Palaces in New Delhi’ (2016).
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