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On 1/16/13, Manickam Manickam <manickam1978@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very Nice
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> Thanks
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> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:00 PM, പ്രസൂണ് ( പ്രസൂ )
> <prasoonkp1@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> *A rare piece of history.
>> *
>> This is an Unknown Wonders of India -We have such attractions
>>
>> The Kumbhalgadh Wall- 36 Kilometers long.
>>
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>> In its entirety the wall extends for 36 kilometers and is, simply put,
>> massive. In many of these photographs you might be forgiven for mistaking
>> it for the Great Wall of China . However, many centuries and cultures
>> separate the two. Work on Kumbhalgarh only began in 1443 – just under
>> fifty
>> years before Columbus sailed the Atlantic Ocean and discovered something
>> rather large on its other side.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>> Situated in the state of Rajasthan in the west of India , work was
>> begun by the local Maharana, Rana Kumbha in that year. It took over a
>> century to construct the wall and it was later enlarged in the 19th
>> century. It worked as a fort until that period but is now a museum.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>> The fort which the wall surrounds is built high on a hill and
>> dominates the landscape, being over 1000 meters above sea level.
>> Altogether
>> the walls have seven gateways. Although at points the walls look fairly
>> thin, at some points they are over fifteen feet wide.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>>
>> The wall protects the fertile lands within – it is said that in the days
>> of the Maharana, the walls held so many lamps it enabled the local
>> farmers
>> to work both day and night. Yet more precious to the inhabitants of
>> Kumbhalgarh, the walls also contain and protect over 360 temples.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>>
>> Sixty or so of the temples are Hindu, as you may expect, this being India
>> . All the others were built for the followers of Jainism, a religion
>> founded in India which many believe to predate Buddhism. It still has
>> over
>> six million adherents today, who still prescribe a path of non-violence
>> towards all living things.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>>
>> It was hoped, of course, that because of the protection of the wall,
>> violence could be avoided simply because any advancing enemies might not
>> be
>> able to penetrate it. Yet legend has it that the very origin of the wall
>> was due to an act of violence.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>>
>> It seemed that despite several attempts, the Maharana could not make his
>> *great
>> wall* stand. A spiritual advisor told him that someone would have to
>> volunteer to sacrifice themselves if the wall was ever to be built.
>> Eventually one day a pilgrim (some say a soldier) volunteered and a
>> temple
>> was built where his severed head fell. Today this makes up the main gate
>> of
>> the fortress which was itself built where his body came to rest.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>>
>> The wall long separated the competing kingdoms of Mewar and Marwar. In
>> times of great danger the rulers of Mewar would use the fortress and its
>> walls as their last refuge. Throughout the over five hundred years of its
>> history, the fortress fell in to enemy hands only once – and this was
>> only
>> because the drinking water ran out within its walls.
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
>>
>> Yet despite its size and its history, the Great Wall of India remains
>> something of a mystery to those outside of India . Indeed, tourists are
>> warned that some of the lesser travelled areas of the wall should not be
>> climbed. Ancient defense mechanisms and traps, although mostly disabled,
>> are still assumed to exist in some of its more remote positions. Those
>> wishing to explore the miles of ruins on their own are warned that
>> accidents can happen...
>> [image: Fun & Info @ Keralites.net]
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