India is a spiritual country with a thousand-year-old history and a growing population that now exceeds 1.4 billion. There are some strange things happening on the streets of Mumbai, Jaipur, Agra, New Delhi, Kerala or Varanasi.
Whether it's one of the world's most recognizable buildings, "blood rain," floating lakes, or its more than 2,000,000 Hindu temples, India has something to be curious about. Let's take a moment to look at some of the unusual, incomprehensible and strange things that India has to offer.
1. Gold mask
Found in: Jaipur
Cost: $4,000
In the summer of 2020, as the world was grappling with an invisible enemy and shortages of supplies, a man from the western Indian city of Prunay felt he had to rely on himself, hiring a craftsman to build him a mask made of two ounces of metallic gold. The man said that this was very thin, with very small pores, allowing him to breathe easily when worn in public, and his whole body was full of pride.
2. Red rain
Found in: Kerala
Cost: Can't budget
The southwestern region of Kerala is known for its beautiful beaches, azure seas, black sands and the red rain that has fallen from the sky for the past 200 years. Since it was first recorded in 1818, there have been many theories about what could have contributed to the "blood rain." One hypothesis is the consequences of a meteor burst. The other is the Hindu belief legend. Since then, the Indian government has come up with a less external explanation — airborne spores from local algal strains. Anyway, I don't know what the reason is.
3. Realistic mannequins
Found in: Full Print
Cost: $200-1000
One of the best ways to promote a product is to show it to everyone, and that's exactly what retailers do when they dress up for mannequins and place them in all the best vantage points in the store. The problem is that very few customers are the same size as the dummies shown.
In several major cities in India, shops have begun to use mannequins similar to the body shape of ordinary people, with dummies with realistic curves, contours and hair bodies that allow consumers to better understand the true fit of a piece of clothing.
4. Extreme wires
Found in: Eastern India
Cost: N/A
As more and more people arrive in a city, the demand for electricity becomes greater. With the unimaginable number of people living in India's most densely populated areas, the wires are as messy as you might imagine.
Look up and look up at the cables except for cables or cables, each cable is intertwined with six (or more) other cables. After seeing this, undoing the headphone cable doesn't seem so bad.
5. 2 million Hindu temples
Found in: Full Print
Cost: Can't budget
Among the many historical wonders that India is known for, incredible mosques, temples and mausoleums have become symbols of the country over the years. There are more than 2 million Hindu temples in India (and another 300,000 Muslim mosques), including 23,000 Hindu temples in the riverside city of Varanasi alone. #历史 #
To put it another way: India has more Hindu temples than any country in Bahrain, Estonia or Latvia. However, given the fact that India's Hindu population makes up nearly 80% of the country's 1.4 billion people, 2 million temples actually seem reasonable. #头条历史 #
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