The ‘real’ apparition

        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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