We were seeing
the Science Museum in the compound of Saheli-ki-badi, a historical site in
Udaipur, renowned for its beautiful fountains that had been constructed as a
summer resort for the Queens of yore.
As we were
browsing through the exhibits, we saw a door that looked like an antique and
were admiring it. Out of the blue, that
door opened and out emerged an old, wrinkled man, walking upright, in the traditional
Rajasthani attire of white dhoti, tight kurta, a cloth tied around his waist and a
majestic turban. He was holding masonry equipment. He looked just like a model
in a coffee-table book on Rajasthan.
We were taken
aback as he had suddenly appeared like an apparition and walked through that
wooden ornate door that we thought had been an exhibit. It was a surreal moment and added an aura to
our sight-seeing experience.
Now we knew what would happen if the past walked into the present!
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The copyright of this write-up is with Mrs. Priya Ramesh Swaminathan.
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