Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Monday, October 2, 2017
Drive from Burhanpur to Maheshwar
The drive from Burhanpur to Maheshwar was about 150 kms, and at 30-40 km/hr it took over 4 hours. The scenery was well worth it! Growing in the fields was cotton, bananas, green gram, millet, corn, some kind of lentils, and sugar cane; and along side the road large trees -- neem, banyan, teak, tamarind, and more.
We also passed many bullock carts, many belonging to gypsy migrant workers. There were also hundreds of flocks of sheep & goats evidently brought to this area from near Rajasthan to graze on the highlands during the monsoons.
Burhanpur
Sunday eve we spent in a funky hotel in Burhanpur, Maharashtra. This is probably the most historic town I'd never heard of. It is the home of Mumtaz, the wife of Shah Jahan. There is also a masjid with inscriptions in Sanskrit, Arabic, and Farsi. Also a lot of other historical places. No pictures taken there.
Ajanta caves
Visit to Ajanta caves .. super crowded as it is a 4 day weekend with Dusshera, Muharram, and Gandhi Jayanti. Also super hot and so humid in the caves that i couldn't stay in them. The caves are Buddhist dating from 600 bce to about 11th century ce. Art inside the caves is paintings, not much carving.
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