Pilgrims

Madurai and Kovalam

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December 17th 2009
Madurai After a couple of days in touristy Jaipur, we see the first signs of modern India when we fly south to Madurai. The budget airline (not sure allowed to name it here) was super efficient, friendly and pretty good food - embarrassing to compare with the penny pinching ones back home. 3 flights via Mumbai and Bangalore - surely the most modern airport anywhere in the world. Could eat a ... 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