A journey through India ??

We are on our way to India 
The realisation of our dreams
All is that seems that seems
It feels as if I lived here 
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First stop Delhi 
To the old city Shahjahanabad
To Raja Ghat 
Do not feel sad 
Walking through the cremation sites 
of Ghandi 
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Onto Red Fort 
Built in the Mughai Empire
Talk about desire! 
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See the legacy that the British left 
New Delhi and into 
Qutab Minar, 
At Islamic stone tower wept Muslim power know 
All those years ago 
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After breakfast
We drive real slow
When in India
That's how it goes
Towards Mandawa
In the region Rajasthan
Forts and havelis 
A bygone era 
Frescoes to dream of in 
India 
With colors so vivid 
God lives here! 
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Now to the desert
300 kms away 
The Thar Desert 
To Jaisalmer; beauty today 
Yellow sandstone forts present 
Camels, safaris - sheer magic 
It feels like heaven, so lavish 
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We explore 
Jaisalmer Fort
Built 1156 upon Trikuta Hill
Long stretching walls
In sunset stills 
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So you may ask 
What exactly is Haveli, 
Think of a mansion 
A sandstone castle 
A place of dazzle 
With protecting jharokhas, 
a protecting balcony and 
Lattice stoned screens 
No desert sand in here it seems 
Inner courtyards for the children to play
A luxurious way 
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Another 7 hours to Jodhpur, 
Known as the Blue City
On the edge of the desert
Where time has no pity
1459 this city was founded
Upon these sands this palace 
is lauded 
Welcome to
The Palace of Umaid Bhawan
With temples and gardens for the eyes to please
The Gods of India know how to tease
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Let me describe the palace court 
That's if you can get in here
Through the seven gates to the fort
You're bound to be caught! 
For these beautiful panels
And lattice windows
The Palace of mirrors
This pleasure palace it seems
You have walked into your dreams
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Why not head down to Mehrangarh Fort
A place so special Kipling had thought 
The creation of angels and fairies and giants 
A place in time, of time, defiant 
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We are travelling inland 
Deep into the forest, to Ranakpur
To the temples of dreams
The shrine to Adinath's laws 
Built 1444 
supreme 
With carved columns and sculptures, 
Don't forget the Sun Temple today 
Your fantasy enraptures
Kipling's India at play
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Nagda, now going back to the 6th century and 11th,  two temples to see on the edge of the lake
You're walking into your dream
You are surely awake
Then onto Eklinji
108 temples devoted to Lord Shiva you see 
The diety of Maharanas 743 AD
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Pillared halls 
Pyramid roofs 
Shiva with four faces in black marble carving does not lack 
Perhaps in this heat you are hallucinating! 
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Lake Pichola, the city of Lakes
City Palace 1567; 4 large palaces 
Drifting into one facade 
You're playing God's card 
Through the triple arched gate
Tripolia's courtyards and gardens 
Your fate!
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400kms to the pink city Jaipur 
Past the Aravalli Hills 
Built in 1727, a bustling city 
Where there is no such thing as 
Shame or pity 
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To the Palace of the Winds
Screens, domes and spires 
Will there be time to die 
In India's great fires
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Amer, just outside Jaipur
Built by generals 17th Century
The seat of power
Now in ruins; listless desire 
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Don't forget Ganesh
Take a ride on the elephants! 
The story of Moghuls 
Swords and heads woeful 
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Let's talk of desire
Of these antique fires
Come to India 
Come and dream here! 
For today we journey to
the one, 
The Taj Mahal built by Shah Jahan 
A pearl white tomb 
A journey of light 
20,000 artisans 
20 years of might 
In Agra tonight! 
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The journey goes on
To Khakuraho aplomb 
Hindu temples abound 
You only need to walk around
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Lavish temples you see 
Dedicated to Lord Shiva
To the Sun God Yogini 
The Creator Brahma 
Lord Vishnu aha! 
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We're off to the Ganges
And Yamuna rivers 
Holy holy waters
Pilgrims by millions 
Mystical river Saraswati
Deep
Beneath Triveni
Bathed in Holy,  weep
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Then later to Mecca, 
No, not Saudi Arabia
Rather Varanasi 
......sacred Hindu city 
Shrines in the Suns 
Boat rides and drums 
Walking on ghats, the Indian steps 
Upon the Holy Ganges
The Holy Holy again wept 
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Tonight as the camphor lamps are raised 
With the river lit maze 
The dark river reflecting the golden flames as Ganga 
Accepts the worship
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We visit the site of the 
Lord Buddha on the Ganges who 
Brought the world the wheel of law 
This is exactly what he saw 
A MESSAGE OF LOVE 
AND COMPASSION
This will become your passion
In a world so often raw 
With pain and suffering 
It may be time for meditating
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This has been my journey to India
To my inner most being
To my God being
To my spiritual being
To my Buddha being
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Om shanti shanti shanti 
Peace be upon you