Detail of the main spire of the Kandariya Mahadev Temple

Magical temples at Khajuraho

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February 3rd 2010
Yesterday we left Agra by train, a very civilised train laid on for the tourists, and after two hours we arrived at Jhansi where we were met by a driver and suffered a 200 km journey along tracks that over here in India are described as roads. We arrived at Khajuraho with our skeletons just about intact and were rewarded today with a tour of the magnificent Hindu temples which were built between ... 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