Picture 113

Amritsar - The Golden Temple

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September 2nd 2011
Day 1 - Still in Old Delhi, we woke at 6am and headed for New Delhi train station for our 7:20am train to Amritsar. Here we met two lost souls (a young English couple) who were unable to purchase tickets to get them to the same destination as ourselves - the reason being that the ticket booth was not yet open and would not be until after the train had departed! We advised the couple to board the ... 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