My new friends

It's all just a little bizarre

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November 19th 2006
Well, after lunch the adventures continued. Ramchanda was very helpful as a tour guide and started by taking me to the Balaji Temple (aka the Birla temple, after the company who built it). Apparently this is a fairly modern temple, which is dedicated to Lord Venkateswara. The whole thing is completely made of marble - which ... 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