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Temple overload

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October 8th 2008
Hi All, After Varanasi i headed to the relaxed little village of Orcha, to visit the temples. The place was really calm, set in a beautifull landscape with lots of birds of all kinds. You could see flocks of green parrots flying around the temples and there were even vultures there. Even though the temples were stunning, there were hardly any tourists and most of the time i had the temples all ... 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