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21 07, 2017

Diwali – the Festival of Lights – Hinduism – India

By |2019-10-27T19:01:55-07:00July 21st, 2017|India, Religion|Comments Off on Diwali – the Festival of Lights – Hinduism – India

Flowers and Diwali lamps - the Diwali festival What does "Diwali" mean? Diwali is a Sanskrit word originally meaning "a row of lights". "Dipa" is the Sanskrit word for "light". Diwali [...]

19 07, 2017

Guptan temples – Indian architecture

By |2019-07-30T12:07:20-07:00July 19th, 2017|Architecture, India|Comments Off on Guptan temples – Indian architecture

Guptan temples: Tigawa temple, 350 AD The first free-standing stone temples When the Mauryan empire collapsed, about 200 BC, for more than five hundred years Indian leaders were too busy fighting wars against each [...]

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