Anand: Birthplace of a Goddess

Aphrodite, the ancient Greek Goddess of love and fertility, is believed to have been born from the foam of the sea caused by Cronus castrating his father Uranus and throwing his genitals into the water. Although Aphrodite had originally begun drifting towards the Greek island of Cythera, the wind blew her towards her spiritual home near Pafos, Cyprus.

Seen in the photo are the Aphrodite's Rock and the beach where she arrived. The local legend is that any person who swims around the Aphrodite's Rock will be blessed with eternal beauty.