Elephant god

Thanjavur - facing my biggest fear

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September 22nd 2009
I am now in Thanjavur, which is famous for its breathtaking temples and incredible statues. The temples are huge and I think they are just as beautiful as the churches in Rome and Venice. The exterior is so intricately designed that every part of the wall has some type of design on it, there isn’t an empty space. The interior is full of statues of gods. Hinduism has over 100,000 gods!! I went to ... 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