Shravasti A Historical Place

Shefali and Sara get ready after reaching home, both of them sit quietly by the breakfast table and eat at their respective breakfast plates. There was silence throughout the room, only the sound of their spoon striking the plates was heard. Then someone knocked on the door, Sara took her eyes off the plate and looked at Shefali, at the same time Shefali also looking at Sara.

Sara got up from her chair, "I will go and see who is at the door"

Shefali nodded and started having breakfast when Sara reached near the door and opened the door she said in surprise, "why did both of you come here?"

Dong Hyun stood outside and Jeong Hoon was next to him both smiled and said, "Good Morning"

"What do you mean, why are we here? we have come to pick up both of you"

Sara turned back and called Shefali with a gesture of the hand, Shefali got up from the table and went to Sara, when she looked outside, she was also surprised," why did both of coming here? we were about to leave after breakfast"

"You'll both ask the same question or you'll even let us in," Dong Hyun told.

"What will you do when you come inside?, Shefali brings the bag, and then we all leave," Sara said nervously, she was nervous because she didn't want Dong Hyun and Jeong Hoon to come inside, the house was small, even smaller than Seo Yeon's quarter and above all she didn't have her separate room, so she did not want them to know about the conditions of her house.

Sara pointed toward Shefali with their eyes.

Shefali smiled, she said, "Ah, I understand you guys wait here I bring the bag from inside the room"

As Shefali turned toward the room, Dong Hyun walked toward Sara and placed both his hand on her shoulders and pushed Sara to the side of the door and immediately came in Jeong Hoon also followed him, and both came to the table Sara instantly closed the door and hurriedly stood up to them.

Dong Hyun said while sitting on the chair, "I will also have breakfast", he picked up the spoon kept it on the plate, Sara rashly snatches the spoon from his hand and says," that is my and Shefali's plate" while keeping both the plate side ," if you both want, I will bring another breakfast plate"

Sara looked toward the room and she said a little louder, "will there be two plates of extra breakfast in the kitchen"

Shefali's voice came from inside the room," I do not know, will have to see," she came inside the room and stood near the door of the room.

"Go to the kitchen and check," Sara said.

Sara looked at Jeong Hoon, "why are you standing? you also sit down"

Jeong Hoon sits on the chair.

Dong Hyun pointed to the plate and asked, "what is this breakfast named?"

Sara smiled, "Indian Poha" is the easiest and simplest breakfast of all"

Dong Hyun whispered," I know you always choose the easy way"

Jeong Hoon smiled at Dong Hyun's toned.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, I am just saying that it is nice to see Poha, lets's see how it tastes"

Shefali come out of the kitchen holding two plates in her hand and came near the table and placed the plate of Poha in front of Jeong Hoon and Dong Hyun, she said, "have breakfast quickly and then we leave from here"

Dong Hyun looked at Sara and Shefali, "both of you sit down and finish your breakfast," as if he is ordering them.

The two quickly sat down on the chair and started having breakfast, after breakfast, Shefali said," now hurry up or else we will be late"

Jeong Hoon got up from the chair, "Yes, Shefali is right, now we should go"

The four come out, and Sara closed the door and starts locking the door Dong Hyun, Shefali and Jeong Hoon sit on the willy jeep, and Sara came to willy after locking the door, she saw Shefali and Jeong Hoon sitting in the back seat and then Dong Hyun sitting in the driver's seat in front.

"Will you keep staring at the three of us? hurry up," Dong Hyun told.

"Yes, Sara sits down, we should go now so that we can visit all the sites today," Shefali said.

Sara sat next to Dong Hyun's seat without saying a word, and he smiles and start the engine.

The jeep was running on the road and all four were sitting silently, then Jeong Hoon looked at Shefali, due to the strong wind, Shefali's hair had come on her face, due to which Shefali's face was not visible properly, Jeong Hoon smiled he did Shefali's hair behind her ear, said," before reaching the site tell about the historical information related to the site"

Shefali smiled," Yes, it is very boring to sit silently"

"So start telling us"

"This is Shravasti district and it is an Indian historical place and in the time of Lord Buddha it was one of the sixth largest cities of ancient India"

"And how is Shravasti related to Buddhism?"

"It is believed to be where the Buddha taught many of his sermons, the most popular tourist attraction in this ancient city is Miracle Stupa, where Lord Buddha is said to have spent his time after attaining enlightenment, his sermons and teaching made Shravasti an important centre for Buddhist learning, a stupa was raised at the spot to commemorate Lord Buddha's teachings and there are many statues and temples of Lord Buddha here"

Sara said "that one of the information from my side is not historical but local information"

"Tell us," Jeong Hoon said.

"There are people from Thailand in the Buddha temple so the locals here also call it 'Mini Thailand' in their local language, there are many tourist attractions place here but the sad thing is that very few people know about this place, mostly those people who follow Buddhism come here"

Shefali sighed, "Yes, you are right, if people from the Western country had come here we would have collected a lot of money by now"

Sara turn back and looked at Shefali she laughed, "since when did you start saving money?"

Shefali also laughed, "I also have some dreams like you, you want to go to Korea and meet Ye Joon similarly my dream is to buy a big bungalow with my income"

Sara smiled, "but by working as a part-time tourist guide your dream is not going to be fulfilled"

"Well, both of you leave the things of your dreams, tell me how many visiting sites are there and which sites should we go to first," Jeong Hoon said.

"Although there is a temple of Lord Buddha and his statues here apart from this there is Angulimala Stupa, Sahet Mahet, Anathapundika Stupa, Jetavana, Orajhar and Shobhnath Temple, all these are famous historical places, so tell me where to go first"

Dong Hyun said," according to me first we should go to Angulimala Stupa, when I was here in my childhood I went with my mom once but I don't remember anything about the place"

Sara and Shefali said together, "okay, we agree"

Both looked at Jeong Hoon, "what do you think where should we go first?"

Jeong Hoon said a little confused," why are you all of a sudden staring at me, I also agree with your decision"

"Okay, then finally we will first go to the Angulimala Stupa"

"It is a very good tourist attraction place but I do not understand one thing, why more people of Thailand live here," Jeong Hoon said.

Shefali said, "maybe those people follow Buddhism, that's why"

"Yes, I feel the same way, in the Buddha temple where Seo Yeon madam lives she is the only one from Korea, otherwise all the people there are from Thailand"

Shefali quickly said, "No, some people in the temple are from China, but madam is the only one from Korea"

Jeong Hoon smiled and said, "when I put a post about this place on my blog, Koreans will also come here to visit"

"There is a special thing in Korean people, they are very fond of travelling to other countries and after reading Jeong Hoon's blog many people will come to visit here," Dong Hyun said.

Shefali leaned toward the seat and tied both her hand on her chest, "that would be a good thing for me"

"How is this good for you?" Jeong Hoon asked.

"The more foreign tourist come, the more I will get the job of tourist guide and my savings will increase"

Sara again looks back at Shefali and both of them laugh.

Dong Hyun looked at Sara confused, "what's the point of laughing?"

"The funny thing is that she will buy a bungalow from a little tourist guide job"

Dong Hyun smiled, "you're crazy, you laugh at something I can never laugh at"

"Yes I am like that, not like you just being in a serious mood all the time and laughing anyway is good for health"

"But there must be a good reason behind your laughter"

Sara said annoyingly," laugh even without the reason it is not necessary to find the reason behind everything"

"So that seeing me laughing unnecessarily, people think me crazy"

When Sara opened her mouth to answer Shefali said, "you two stop arguing over your laughter, we are about to reach the site"