North India
February 23, 2007HI, my name is Candy and, I will be you tour guide as we travel through North India.
Lets start at the Ganges River. Believe it or not, the Ganges river is a holy river in India’s believe system. Ghets are the steps that lead many of India’s people to the “great” waters. People do not only come to the Ganges to bathe. Many people come here to die and throw cremated or half cremated relatives or pets in the water. If you go to see the Ganges I would not suggest swimming in or drinking the water. Many people who live in India have built up an immune system to the polluted water. I remember the time when my social studies teacher told us of the time when or principal when to the Ganges, is shoe fell in and came out BLACK.
Next on our agenda is the Taj Mahal. It was built by the fith Shaa,Jahan, to hold his wife, Mumtae’s caffon on one of the lower floors. The project of the Taj Mahal was started in 1631the same year Mumtae died. Twenty two years later the great buiolding was complete. Today in 2007 the Taj Mahal is both the Jahan and his Mumtaes grave.
Picture found at http://www.linternaute.com/voyager/unesco/asie/inde/taj-mahal/diaporama/images/1.jpg Information included in the Taj Mahal paragraph was found at http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/1997/august/shah.php
If you have somewhere to go dont worry just one more stop, Old Delhi and new Delhi. I know you may be wondering , whats the difference? Well, Old delhi is obiously older and less mopdern but it is also where the old capital use to be. That was untill the people there got sick of it and move it to the cooler, more modern and hip new Delhi. OK, well atleast more modern.
Since we have a little more time we can go see the elephants. Here we are.
Animal photo’s found at http://elephants.free.fr/images/bebe_ele.gif
and http://www.himadventures.net/index_images/jim-corbett.jpg
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