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Haridwar, Washing my sins away

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June 14th 2008
"You Should Wash your Sins Off in the Ganga" Told me a couple of months ago a vedic astrologer Mohan ( what a waste of money) I decided to visit the holy city of Haridwar, home of the famous Margh Mela and Kumb Mela festivals. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims visit the place every 6 years, to a mass dip in the Ganga. I had the entire day to do whatever I liked , as my train to Amritsar didn' ... 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