Brooke’s Blog

In class on Friday we watched a very intresting movie on North India. Did you know that Asia has the 2nd largest population in the world? Well it does, also in India cows are sacred. Not only that but, in Varanas many people die there because of Shiva, the god of death and this place is supposed to be her home. Did I mention the Taj Mahal? The Shah of India built this in 1631 for his wife, but then a tragedy happened and his wife died of her 15 child. It took 22 years to complete the Taj Mahal, even with 20,000! Plus, the ceremonies of Hindu include Krishna this is a celebratoin of birth. At the celebrations of Krishna the people touch the fire, you may think this is unusuall but to them they think it is a blessing from god. There is also Hindu karma, karma is what you did yesterday will depend on what you do today, and what you do today will effect your day tomorrow. You might be wondering what a Ghet is well that is the holy book of the Hindu religion. Besides that, you’ve have New Delhi and Old Delhi, Old Delhi is the old capital of India and New Delhi the new capital. New Dheli is the 2nd largest Metropolis in India. Last but not least is, Corbett National Park, this is the first National Park in India. Not to mention, it was named after Jim Corbett, a hunter that shot man eating tigers. This park is famous for their resident tigers. Some of the animals include tigers, deer, wild boar, leapards, nocturnal cats, sloth bear, black bears, wild dogs, indian gray mongoose, common otter, and many more. That is basicly a little bit of what North India is like.