Taj!

Varanasi

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October 1st 2009
Varansi aka Benares aka Kashi After Agra and the Taj Mahal, Ari and I hopped on a night train at 11:00pm headed toward the holy city of Varanasi! Varanasi is the holiest city in the Hindu religion and for good reason, this place is amazing. Over 5000 years old and continually occuppied since man first walked this region. The Ganges river flows through this city and the Ganges is worshipped her ... 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