Temple

These cylinders have prayers written on them, and devotees spin the cylinders to gain good karma, as if they had said the prayer themselves.

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Mountains, Monsoons, and My Opinion on the World

June 17th 2008
We took a night bus from Delhi to McLeod Ganj. You can guess what happened next. (“He fixes the cable?”) So we got to McLeod completely exhausted. McLeod, for those that are unfamiliar, is in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, at about 6,000 feet, and is also home to the Tibetan Government in exile. Ben and I were able to push through the grogginess and take a quick hike around the area ... 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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