Mewar Festival, Udaipur.

Animal farm

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April 10th 2008
Udaipur. Half a million people. Hills as backdrop. Three small lakes. I'm at the Dream Heaven Guest House overlooking two of the lakes. It's dry season, so the lake levels are down leaving dry areas, but still to see the water from my room or the rooftop balcony is a pleasure in this dry land. Across the lake from me are a couple of ghats where people come to bathe, pray, do laundry, etc. One of t ... 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