Its Diwali time - the festival of lights and we have driven down from Delhi to Ayodhya - the birth place of Lord ram or Rama to see the celebrations here. This is where Diwali started when Lord Ram defeated evil and returned after 14 years in exile with his wife. He was helped not only by fellow man but also by Monkeys - Lord Hanuman - The Monkey God.
(We are at the red dot just below Lucknow.)
The tale is told in the one of the four Vedas (Hindu Scriptures) as The Ramana and outlines the fight of Good against Evil.
The City is over 3200 years old and sits on one of the Ganges tributaries. Can’t remember which one though.
As for the drive down - that was a days adventure in itself - a 600km (430 mile) drive along India’s National Highway 2 which took a mere 14 hours. Average - 30 miles per hour.
Of our fellow travellers we did overtake a number of ‘homemade’ cars…
