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Anjeyanandri hill

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January 27th 2016
This morning we continued site seeing in Hampi. At the Virupasha temple monkeys are everywhere and one jumped on Ginny's back. There is also a temple elephant here. An unusual feature of this temple is that the architect included a window designed as a pin hole camera. An inverted image of the gopuram is clearly visible during daylight hours. This temple also includes small sections of the sanctum ... 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