Kim being blessed

Day two in Tanjore

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February 4th 2008
Second day in Tanjore We began the day with a visit to the large Brihadeshwar temple to the wife of Shiva which was never completed or consecrated so not used as an active temple - therefore much less busy. Still a wonderful site and we were all blessed by a temple elephant. Also visited the Palace Museum where the most exciting thing was a huge bees nest under the eves. Then we went on to a s ... 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