{"id":548,"date":"2009-12-21T03:46:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T03:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/12\/welcome-to-marol.html"},"modified":"2009-12-21T03:46:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T03:46:50","slug":"welcome-to-marol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/12\/welcome-to-marol.html","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Marol!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/abde\/4201485125\/\" title=\"Welcome by abde, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2548\/4201485125_ac6f1f0f03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Welcome\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The many vendors in the Marol area were quite excited that over 150,000 Bohras had converged on the area, with plenty of thirst to satisfy. 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