My Adopted Family

Golden Family

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January 18th 2007
I headed up to Amritsar as soon as I could upon arriving to Delhi. Amritsar is situated in the northwest Punjab province and its claim to fame is the impressive Golden Temple, one of the holiest places of the Sikh religion. As I stood outside the Golden Temple entrance, barefoot and bewildered about how to proceed forward without desecrating the site, a young Canadian girl, Ravin, approached ... 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