Jain Temple

I can't remember the name of this temple and I didn't write anything about it, but I have seen my last temple. This one cannot be beat with 1444 carved marble pillars, all different. It was fantastic! This priest is decorating a carving and wearing a face scarf so as not to harm any insects he might breathe in.

Just when you think you know India...

March 17th 2007
Hi, it's Beth. It's true what they say, just when you think you know what India is like, you move on to a new state and start all over again. We took an airplane this time, to Udaipur, Rajasthan. A 75 minute ride as opposed to 20 hours by train-but the real reason we did it was there were no train tickets and we would have had to wait 4 days (or go 2nd class non AC and none of us could be ... 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

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