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Take the spice route and disappear into India

Take the spice route and disappear into India this Sunday. 

Holy Cow

Since the religion first evolved near Asia’s Indus River more than 3,000 years ago, respect for animal life has been a central theme in Hindu life… “If someone were to ask me what the most important outward manifestation of Hinduism was, I would suggest that it was the idea of cow protection,” Mahatma Gandhi, India’s legendary nonviolent leader, once wrote.

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