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the "1000 pillared" marriage hall  
   

the "1000 pillared" marriage hall

Actually, there are only 96 pillars. Inside Devarajaswami Temple, Vishnu and Lakshmi married here.
goodbye Chennai

March 3rd 2006
March 3 I am writing this on my lunch break, my last day of school at KYM. They served us a traditional South Indian lunch, on banana leafs, on the floor. It was delicious, though I am still not completely comfortable eating rice with my hand. It has been a wonderful experience, though very tiring. The days are long and packed with information. Plus, it is quite hot here (34 C.),very humid a ... read more
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Indian Flag 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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