April 22, 11:59 pm, Vellore
Wow, it's late. I just finished up doing some laundry (by hand) and
hanging it on my line to dry and then I took a quick bucket shower.
Ah, very refreshing. Today was a pretty good day. I didn't do a whole
lot clinically, but got to see some of the sights here around Vellore.
Today was outpatient maternal and child health day at CHAD and we
didn't have to be there until 10:30 am, so I woke up early and walked
over to Vellore fort. There is a very large, quite impressive looking
fort here in town. It was built back in the 1500's by some local
ruler. Back in the day, this part of India was ruled by kings. It is
made of giant slabs of granite. It switched hands a number of times.
Even the British stationed a garrison there until some revolt in... I
can't remember the year. I took a picture of the informational plaque.
Anyway, it's a big fort and it houses a number of things within it's
walls. A college, a catholic church, an old Hindu temple, a mosque, a
museum... can't remember what else.
When I got over there I didn't know how to get inside, and I chose the
wrong direction, so I ended up walking the entire perimeter of the
fort before going inside. Silly me. Oh did I mention that the whole
fort has a moat around it?
Inside, I went to the temple. It was pretty awesome. There was some
very intricate stonework that I was impressed with. It was cool.
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