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Pongal festival

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January 15th 2016
Today was a very early start at 5.45am. This was for a walking tour in the old town in Madurai before the traffic and crowds arrive. We joined six other Indian Panorama travellers. The first part of the walk focused on the houses and particuladrawing the coloured drawings outside the door of each house. These drawings are made twice a day in the early morning and again in the evening. They are mad ... 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