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Acha - means OK or I understand

Auto-rickshaw - small, quick, 3 wheeled, motorized contraption, great for zipping around town. These vehicles hold three passengers but have been seen carrying families of seven.

Ayurveda - Indian herbal medic

Baksheesh - tip, bribe or donation

Bharat - Hindi for India

Bindi - is the mark on the forehead or 3rd eye

Chalo chalo - let’s go let’s go

Garh - Fort

Ganesh - Hindu god of wisdom and prosperity

Gopuram - Soaring pyramidal gateway tower of Dravidian temples

Yatri - Tourist

Ganj - Market

Om - Sacred invocation representing the absolute essence of the divine principal

GITO - Government of India Tourist Office

STDC - State Tourist Development Corporation

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations

 

Languages:

Karnataka - Kannada

Andra Pradesh - Telugu

Maharashtra - Marathi

Goa - Konkani

 
 
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