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Bathing at the Ghats of the Ganges

January 11th 2011
Given that the prime object of my brief trip to India was to tour the Rajasthan region, I was not sure whether it was a wise decision or not to first make a significant detour to the east to Varanasi. It was, absolutely, in a number of different ways! For those not familiar with this city, Varanasi is one of the holiest places in India, where Hindu pilgrims come to wash away a lifetime of sins ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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