Sonagiri Jain temples
This sacred place is popular among devotees & ascetic saints to practice for self discipline, austerity, and to attain Nirvana (salvation)
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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]
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] Blog: 34) Datia and a hill full of white Jain temples
Date: May 3rd 2005
We liked Orchha very much, so we stayed in the hotel there also when we made an excursion to Datia, a city not too far from Orchha, it was possible to go there and come back in one day. We were only travelling with our day packs, so there was no need to hire a rickshaw only for the two of us and for once we wanted to do it the Indian way and took a tempo (= shared rickshaw) in order to get ... read more
Date: May 3rd 2005
We liked Orchha very much, so we stayed in the hotel there also when we made an excursion to Datia, a city not too far from Orchha, it was possible to go there and come back in one day. We were only travelling with our day packs, so there was no need to hire a rickshaw only for the two of us and for once we wanted to do it the Indian way and took a tempo (= shared rickshaw) in order to get ... read more
