Glow Of Hope by Haldenkar

A Sight For Mysore Eyes

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February 1st 2007
After Kochi the next place of interest was Mysore - apparently a fave with travellers because of the many palaces and architechtural delights that you don't often find in southern India. From Kochi the journey was just that bit too far so we made a brief overnight stay in Calicut. Oddly, that night, we were informed by the Indian TV version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", "Crorepati", that t ... 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