Jain Temple

Welcome to India

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January 19th 2007
We arrived late morning yesterday into Mumbai on a hot, sunny, smoggy day. At the airport, there were crowds of people standing outside. We found a taxi which barely started and we quickly sped of towards West Bandra. The roads here are chaos - filled with cabs, busses, motorcycles, tons of little auto rickshaws and pedestrians. There are no lanes - at least not lanes anyone pays attention to ... 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