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However, the 2004 series added a twist. Because the cave had multiple layers of security, the password kept changing. Sometimes it was “Band Ho Ja Sim Sim” (Close, Sesame). Other times, specific verses from Persian poetry were needed. Children across India would run around shouting “Sim Sim!” hoping walls would move.

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