Trichy - Rock Fort temple's beautiful elephant 2

Trichy

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February 4th 2007
After Kodai, went to Trichy as a rest stop on the way to Pondicherry. Temples as always, one of which I had to climb up to the top of, and a beautiful temple elephant. It's a more relaxing place than Madurai, but the temples weren't as magical and most, as a non-hindu, I couldn't go inside. ... 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