Famous Footsteps

Temple Tour

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June 10th 2007
On Sunday, Vikash and I took a full day Karnataka State Tourism tour to three temples: Shravanabelagola, Belur and Halebid. We headed to the tourism office at 6:30 for a 7:15 bus. The first stop was Shravanabelagola, one of the most important Jain pilgrim centers. It was literally, a temple on a rock. Hundreds of stairs were carved into this huge rock, leading up to a temple and the world’s ta ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more