Hardiwar

Gettin' our spirituality on

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May 8th 2008
We took an overbnight train from Jaipur to Hardiwar, the most important Hindu city in its province. Arriving at 5:45 in the morning, we stumbled our way out of the train station and into a rickshaw for a quick jaunt out to the fotstep of Krishna. So called because legend has it that Krishna came down from heaven, stepped on the land and cried a tear that turned into the Ganges river. The Ganges ... 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