Happy Pongal

We were in Chennai for the new harvest holiday, Pongal. Outside of every home and business are these lovely and elaborate designs, hand made with colored flour.

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Chennai

January 13th 2008
I awoke to (amorous? fighting?) pigeons fluttering and cooing outside my window. Later I discovered they like to build nests in the fan vent in the bathroom. Speaking of bathrooms, a new arrangement for me with the plastic bucket and drain in the corner instead of a shower stall! Spent the first day being groggy but still managing a very interesting discussion on religion with some of the group ... 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

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