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Children ham it up for the camera at the Devaraja Market in Mysore.
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| Mysore, situated in the southern state of Karnataka, is one of the major centers of incense manufacture in India. Scores of small, family-owned agarbathi (incense) factories are scattered all over town. The incense sticks are still made by hand. Everywhere you wander, the scents of sandalwood, jasmine, rose, musk and frangipani linger. |
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| Fatehpur Sikri lies 40km west of the city of Agra - home of the Taj Mahal. It is there that the Emperor Akbar established the capital of the Moghul Empire in 1570. Today, it's a perfectly preserved Moghul city.
Akbar, a Muslim, was unusually tolerant towards other religions. He developed a religion called Deen Ilahi which attempted to synthesize elements from all the major religions.
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| This photo was taken in a classroom within the splendid Jami Masjid (main mosque). |
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