Elephants used in the temple wingding

Notice the shirtless men. Hindu men in India are required to remove their shirts when entering the inner sanctum of temples. It's one of the few countries I've been to where the dominant religion requires you to remove clothing instead of adding more before entering it's hallowed places.

South India - Goa, Hampi, Cochin, Munnar

December 13th 2011
We flew from Rajastan Province to the smallest province in India, Goa, which was a Portuguese colony for hundreds of years.It’s much cleaner than Nothern India and we felt like we were on vacation from India. It’s loaded with beaches and the alcohol is blissfully cheap. We even bought s ... read more

Asia » India

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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