Divarli celebrations with Indian family

Divarli Festival

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November 3rd 2008
We arrived in Bangalore after another long night coach from Hampi. Bangalore bus station was buzzing with people when we arrived as the early morning rush hour. We walked to another bus stop and caught a coach straight to Mysore about 3 hours away. Mysore is a smaller ciry than Bangalore, but still equally dirty. The streets seem to be dominated by men, everywhere. As we roamed around the stre ... 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