5th February

A more relaxed day, started with breakfast on the roof terrace.

Visits included a very high class jewellers owned by a local Rotarian followed by a VIP trip to the ISKON temple built by the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, better known as Hare Krishna.

The temple sits on a hilly site to the north oif the City and has three shrines the upper one being a large domed hall with painted ceiling and chanting devotees. Perhaps more important is that the site also houses the society’s Bangalore kitchens that employs 400 people, 24hrs a day, providing food to 1m children a day in local schools. They also feed local prisons on the hope that the inmates will receive spiritual support alongside the sustenance.

A short drive around the Indian Institute of Science, one of the top 25 Universities in the world was followed by lunch in a local Mall.

The three guys left the girls shopping with Pratibah in the afternoon, before visiting the Bangalore North Club for their evening meeting and a meal.

NOTE: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th revolved around the District 3190 Conference and the Polio NID which we will report on shortly. Please revisit the Polio Posting to see the updates in due course.