Vishnu is entering the scene

11) Mysore the city of palaces

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March 3rd 2005
As we had had some problems with the bus connections, we arrived in Mysore too late to visit the famous City Palace. So we tried to catch a first glimpse of it through one of the gates. We liked the bit we could see and decided to move on to the Jagan Mohan Palace which we had already seen when the bus entered the city. Officially, it was also closed but when we came there, the doors ... 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