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Entrance to the Sri Venkateswara temple  
   

Entrance to the Sri Venkateswara temple

Miraculous Beyond Measure

March 15th 2006
Said to be greater than the pilgrimage places of Mecca, Rome and Jerusalem - the Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala averages 150,000 pilgrims every day of the year - surpassing even the numbers that attend the aforementioned holy sites. People regarded me with curious and suspicious eyes when I arrived at the nearby city of Tirupati, for non-Hindus and/or foreigners are rare (in fact I never saw ano ... 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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