"The Chariot of Aurora" (1721-22), by the Venetian artist Pellegrini, decorates the ceiling.
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Anyone can receive a blessing from the temple elephant, Lakshmi. (After you give her a 100-rupee note, she whacks you gratefully on the head.) But train passengers have a special advantage: You go back at night to Hampi's central Vittala Temple complex, a compound of intricately sculpted halls with rows of pillars and the central stone chariot that gives the train its name.
The Mark Johnston-trained three-year-old also ended the season on a high with another top-level victory in the Sun Chariot Stakes.
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It's a bit of a shame that the range is so limited, as the bike is a far more welcoming chariot than the Zero S. That great looking seat isn't particularly wide, but it is plush and comfy, and the large pegs are in a forward position that leaves you upright and your knees extended.
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William Wyler's remake is just a pious slog up to the admittedly exciting chariot race (which Wyler did not shoot anyway).
Pride of place in the festival is Lord Muruga's silver chariot, which makes its way from the Sri Mahamariamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown to the caves.
Festivals occur several times throughout the year (January: Mahasankranti, February to March: Sivaratri and Holi, March to April: the celebration of the marriage of Virupaksha and Pampa with a chariot festival, November to December: the betrothal ceremony of Virupaksha and Pampa), and often at night, with drumming and dancing in the street and locals offering pujas in the main temple, Virupaksha.
On a tour of the region, where he stumped for "Project Chariot, " Teller told residents that the explosions would be so precise that they could dig the harbor into the shape of a polar bear.
And even the black goo used by the ancient Romans to lubricate their chariot axels was a petroleum-based form of natural tar.
The gods-fearing athletes competed naked in events such as discus, pankration (a hybrid of boxing and wrestling) and deadly chariot races (animated on the side of a massive urn in the exhibition) to win olive wreaths and prizes like oil.
And on top of all that there are the equestrian events: horseracing, mule-cart racing, chariot-racing.
Thus, from 1903 through 1915, rather than hosting a football game, the Tournament of Roses instituted a back-up plan: chariot races.
They had the parade and different types of events in the afternoon, including ostrich and camel races, tug-o-wars and chariot races.
Among the finds is a mysterious leather object depicting a gladiator fighting mythical creatures that may have once adorned a chariot, it said.
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