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At the Bullet Temple  
   

At the Bullet Temple

Believers bring offerings,including liquor, to the shrine, which makes one wonder whether Om Banna may have had a drink or two before he crashed into the tree.
"I wanna tell you a story"

February 19th 2013
There was once a young man called Om Singh Rathore <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(known as Om Banna), who enjoyed nothing better than riding his Royal Enfield ‘Bullet’ motorbike. Alas, one day in 1991, near the village of Chotila some 50 kms from Jodhpur, he drove into a tree and was killed. The motorbike was taken to the local police station but, that night, it disappeared †... 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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