Area in Junagarh Fort

Today we arrived in Bikaner

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August 17th 2014
Geo: 28.0199, 73.3176After leaving Mandawa in the early morning we headed farther out into the Thar Desert. After much driving our first stop of the day was at the 600 year old Kami Mata Temple. The temple is notable for the RATS that live there. Yes, we said rats. There is a Hindu rat god and locals consider a holy rat running over your bare feet to be particularly auspicious. The building was ... 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