Festival Car

In India: Kerala, Thursday 2012 January 19

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January 19th 2012
We drove for three hours south through rural Kerala to Kanyakumaridistrict and Thanumalayan Temple. Our bus stopped a short distance away, so we could take photos of the high, intricately carved, white tower or gopuram from outside the courtyard. To one side was the pond for ritual washing; thi ... 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