Temple Goddess

The speed of light and stuffed crocodiles?

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January 2nd 2012
20 kms out of Udaipur we remove our shoes and mistakenly hang delicate hand-made garlands of flowers, purchased from elderly sari-clad ladies flanking the approach to the temple, around our necks. Padding softly into Eklingji, a medieval Shiva temple, we follow a line of worshippers shuffling torwards the priest. <span><span> He shrinks in horror at our attempt to hand him the flowers ... 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