Artwork inside the Bundi Palace

Bundi and Jaipu

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November 6th 2008
Bundi and Jaipur by Laura Rather than tell you a great deal about these places, I am instead going to focus on the festival Diwali - festival of light - for those of you interested in Hinduism it celebrates Rama and Sita's homecoming in the Ramayana (straight from the Rough Guide!) In essence it is all about who can set off the biggest firecracker/firework - Nov 5th India style. I love fir ... 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