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Mosque to the West of the Taj Mahal  
   

Mosque to the West of the Taj Mahal

To the East there is a replica Jawab (Mosque) built to complete the symmetry but it cannot be used as a Mosque as it does not face Mecca.
That’s the Lentil Curry and the Poppadoms sorted – Now where's the Naan Bread?

November 7th 2011
M – It’s a bit of an understatement to say that I have eaten a lot of curry in the last 4 weeks (2 weeks in Nepal and 2 in India) but even I couldn’t manage this pot of Dal on offer in Varanassi, see photo to the right. I was however tempted by a few poppadoms from the street sellers in Jaipur, see the next photo below. All I need now is an enormous Naan Bread from one of the Balti Houses ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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