Where the Monkey Temple gets its name

Palaces and remnants

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March 30th 2009
24 March Yes, I still love Indian trains. We arrived early to Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley where we promptly boarded a bus to Mysore (which is not an eyesore!). After a great lunch, we hopped in a tuktuk to the state-owned silk factory. If you ever thought a tuk-tuk seat with room for three people only holds three people, you would be wrong. They hold seven. After the disappointing di ... 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