long way up the Ropeway

Trip to Konkan: Part 3

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March 4th 2009
On the third and final day of our adventurous trip to Konkan, Aai and Venumaushi made a plan to stop at Raigad en route back to Pune. In the morning just before breakfast, mom and I walked to the most famous temple in Diveagar called Suvarnaganesha Mandir. The history of Suvarnaganesh is indeed quite enthralling. It is said that a copper box was found one day at a farm. The box was all muddy an ... 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