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Lord Elgin didn’t want to lose any more Parthenon marbles. The ancient temple atop the Athenian acropolis had already been through an ordeal: marred by a 3rd century AD fire, damaged when the temple ...

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Besides its natural beauty, the City of Lakes is renowned for the only-one-of-its kind plastering technique called 'Ghutai' which even today makes people believe that Udaipur has marble palaces.