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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDIA | Thursday, 4 July 2013 | Views [361] | View Larger Image

The ghats on the river yamuna in Mathura can be seen from the other side of the river. An old boat long left in the shalow waters can b seen from the unpopular side of the river.

A boatman prepares to go to his 'office' - the holy side of the river where the temples are to take devotes on a ride in the holy river. An everyday routine for the few boatmen still left of this dying profession.

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'Kachoris': Mathura is famous for three things - 'the sweet-pera', 'the birth place of Lord Krishna' and the 'Kachoris- made by stuffing wheat dough with lentils and frying them' only available in the mornigs. This is one of my similar shops serving the first kachoris of the day.

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