| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Khuldabad
Site / Event : Tomb of Aurangzeb
|
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Unlike other Moghul emperors, the tomb is a low key affair.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Khuldabad
Site / Event : Tomb of Aurangzeb
|
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The simple tomb of the sixth and final Moghul emperor, Aurangzeb. The marble screen was added by the Nizam of Hyderabad.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
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The Ellora caves date from 600 to 1000. The are a mix of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain and are famed for their sculptures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
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The temples are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
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There are 34 temples: 12 are Buddhist, 17 are Hindu and 5 are Jain.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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The Indra Sabha (Cave 32) is the most beautiful of the Jain caves.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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The two storey temple is covered with carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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Beautiful carved pillar inside the temple dedicated to the Jain religion.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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Detail of Jain scupltures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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A Jain Tirthankar (teacher).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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The inner chamber.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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Jain teacher seated on an elephant.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Indra Sabana Cave Temple
|
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The upper level.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Ramesvara Cave Temple
|
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The Ramesvara (Cave 21) is a Hindu cave dedicated to Shiva.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Ramesvara Cave Temple
|
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Exquisite carvings at the entrance to the cave temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Ramesvara Cave Temple
|
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The carvings at Ellora are some of the best in India.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Ramesvara Cave Temple
|
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Ganga, the mother Ganges.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Ramesvara Cave Temple
|
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The marriage of Shiva and Parvati.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Ramesvara Cave Temple
|
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The demon Rawana trying to shake Shiva's mountain, Kailasa. Shiva stops him with his toe.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Ramesvara Cave Temple
|
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Shiva dancing.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 29
|
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Cave 29 is Hindu and is one of Ellora's largest.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 29
|
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Detail of columns.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 29
|
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The Rawana story is a common theme at Ellora.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Das Avatara Temple
|
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The Das AvaTara Temple (Cave 15) is reached by a long staircase.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Das Avatara Temple
|
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The Das Avatara is a free standing temple excavated from the surrounding rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Das Avatara Temple
|
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The temple is Hindu and dedicated to Shiva.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Das Avatara Temple
|
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The temple is spectacular.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Das Avatara Temple
|
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Steps to the lower level.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Das Avatara Temple
|
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Shiva.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Das Avatara Temple
|
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Shiva's bull (Nandi).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
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Cave 1 is the oldest of the Buddhist caves and consists of a large hall with cells for the monks.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
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Cave 6 has a carving of Sarasvati, the Hindu goddess of learning, even though it is a Buddhist cave.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 2
|
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Cave 2 is an incomplete Buddhist temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 2
|
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A completed column.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 2
|
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Buddhist figures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 5
|
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The entrance to Cave 5.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 5
|
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The cave is a dining hall (37m by 18m).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 10
|
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Cave 10 is an elaborately carved Buddhist chapel.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 10
|
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Carvings of Buddhist figures in a chapel.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 10
|
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Stories about the Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 10
|
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Asparas (female angels).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
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The three storey Buddhist Cave 11.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
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The intricately carved Cave 9 is above the simpler Cave 8. Both are Buddhist.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 14
|
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The entrance to Cave 14, one of the best Hindu temples at Ellora.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 14
|
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Vishnu in his boar incarnation, Varaha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 14
|
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Shiva dancing a victory dance over the demon, Mahisa.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 14
|
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The demon Mahisa is shown as a small skeletal figure.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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The Kalaisa Temple ("Cave 16") is the pinnacle of cave temple architecture in the world. It dates from the 7th century and took 200 years to build.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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Over 200,000 tons of rock were excavated to leave the free standing temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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The temple is decorated with carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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The temple is 50m long and 35m wide.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kailasa Temple
|
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The temple contains very intricately carved structures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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All the structures have been excavated from solid rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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Carvings depicting Hindu deities and stories.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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Detail from a temple wall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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Rawana.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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Carved free standing pillar.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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Base of elephants.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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Shiva breaking out of a lingam.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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The free standing temple is 30m high.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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The temple has many South Indian elements.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Kalaisa Temple
|
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The temple is very spectacular.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
|
 |
Madhya Pradesh is the largest state in India (about the size of Poland).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
|
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Most of the state is on the Deccan Plateau.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
|
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The Malwar people are the original inhabitants.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
|
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The state is very rural (1989) and Hindi is the main language.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
|
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The region is fertile.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
|
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The population is a mix of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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The main railway station.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Indore's buildings are very ornate.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Curved doorway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Decorated windows.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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One of Indore's three wheeled minibuses.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Street scene.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Hindu Temple
|
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The entrance to a Hindu temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Hindu Temple
|
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The temples in Indore often have unusual carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Hindu Temple
|
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Hindu temples in Indore often feature European style figures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Hindu Temple
|
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European style figure.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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A gurdwala (Sikh temple) in Indore.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Ghats by the river.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Decorated balcony.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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The Kanch Mandir is a Jain temple. It has glass floors, walls and ceiling and even glass steps.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Chhatri
|
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A typical Indore chhatri (tomb).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Chhatri
|
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Chhatris often have unique decorations not found in other cities.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Many buildings in Indore are decorated with figures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Balcony.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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Decorated building.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Juna Rajwada
|
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The Juna Rajwada Palace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Juna Rajwada
|
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The entrance.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
|
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The tombs of the Holkar kings and queens who ruled Indore.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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The busy market.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Women in a bangle shop.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Family shopping.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Vegetable seller.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Water seller.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Cloth and clothes.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Cloth merchant and his grand daughter.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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One of the market streets.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Three men.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Indore
Site / Event : Market
|
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Music shop.
|
1989 |
were added from 1 February 2025.