Travel: India

The Taj Mahal is shown at dusk, in Agra, India, June 25, 2003.

Sculpture carved into the side of a temple at Khajuraho, India, are shown on Feb. 13, 2008.

An intricately carved temple is shown at Khajuraho, India, on Feb. 13, 2008.

Customers shop beside a large bull resting in the center of a Varanasi pashmina shop on Feb. 11, 2008.

Visitors sit by a monument as they watch monsoon clouds in Sarnath, on the outskirts of Varanasi, India, in this June 27, 2007 photo. Sarnath is believed to be the place where the Buddha preached his first sermon in the sixth century B.C.

A newly married couple, left, leads a wedding procession on a street in Varanasi, India, March 10, 2006.

Boys jump into the River Ganges at Varanasi, India, May 9, 2005.

A boy jumps from the top of a flood-submerged temple in the River Ganges in Varanasi, India.

A man cuts wood to make a funeral pyre at the Manikarnika Ghat, on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, March 9, 2006. Hindus believe that a person attains salvation when that person is cremated on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi.

People watch a cremation take place on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, March 8, 2006.

A Hindu priest rotates a traditional oil lamp in circular movements as he performs morning prayers on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Jan. 18, 2004.

Children play in the Yamuna River behind the Taj Mahal, in the northern Indian city of Agra, June 14, 2007. The Taj Mahal was constructed from 1632 to 1654 by Shah Jahan for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

A fisherman stands in his boat at sunrise in the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, June 27, 2007.

Tourists stand in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, July 8, 2007.

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