9.

the caves of death/ idols

venturing again into this mysterious world of death caves after a few years. not sure what triggered this lucid but its as amazing and deep as ever.

we were driving through the city and the roads are running around in circles. many roads were closed, looked aged and withered. buildings appear like rock cut temples that ive seen in india, even the modern buildings have features and frescoes carved out of sandstones. the occasional monks and pockets of human activities.

stranger lives rise from some corners, some looking out of place in this now derelict city. i still have to figure why i met the people there at the side of the road, the first time i interacted and felt really scared afterward thinking of them. i fought with a man, gave up and finally bought whatever he was selling. just at the final moments to discover what he was doing, feeding of the dead. i walked away into the caves.

the death caves were huge, full of rock cut idols, and walls. the walls were prominent, littered with oil lamps and incense sticks. one of the room had a dead body which seems to have fossilised? and another cave chamber had a huge idol, of which on the legs i could see. the last of what i remember was walking around in the maze of chambers before seeing more people crawling around the pathways.