 Beautiful red, powderpuff flower - albizia julibrissin |
 Salesman |
 Silk Cocoon Auction; Karnataka |
 50,000 kilos of cocoons sold per day. |
 Mysore Palace |
 Palace visitors |
 Temple Offerings for Sale |
 Offering |
 Chamundeshvari Temple |
 Love the colorful saris! |
 This couple asked to have their picture taken. |
 Priest and Shrine |
 Sacred bull |
 Wonderful colors |
 Myriad of colorful bracelets |
 Shopkeeper and wares |
 Local farmers' market |
 Coffee beans |
 Coffee bean picker |
 Tibetan temple in Bylakuppe, second largest and oldest Tibetan settlement in India. |
 Temple guard dog |
 Tibetan temple altar |
 Buddha |
 Temple visitors |
 Pilgrims turning the prayer wheels |
 Tibetan prayer flags |
 Tibetan monks |
 Temple door |
 Monks in procession |
 Beautiful flowers everywhere |
 At work in the field |
 Newly married couple |
 Wedding Guests |
 Theyyam Festival |
 Devotee |
 Giving advice |
 Lunch after the festival |
 A woman's band rehearsing; unusual, we were told. |
 More newlyweds; notice her beautiful jewlery. |
 Baby's first solid food is offered by a priest. |
 Pilgrims |
 Young girl |
 Young girls touring a snake farm. |
 Ceremonial elephant |
 Neighborhood festival in Cochi |
 Friendly young girl |
 Elephant keeper relaxing... |
 Painting an advertisement for a theyyam festival. |
 Famous Chinese fishing nets in Cochi |
 More color, this time puppets |
 Wonderfully decorated trucks |
 Fishing net at dusk |
 Public laundry |
 Laundry drying |
 Iron |
 Kerala houseboats |
 Walking along the dike |
 Water taxi |
 Gopuram of Meenakshi Temple, Madurai |
 Gopurams are covered with thousands of figures telling Hindu stories |
 Temple ceiling |
 Shrine |
 Shrine |
 Transferring Shiva to Meenakshi |
 Young Brahmin |
 Chalk floor decoration |
 Decoration at our hotel entrance |
 At the Madurai street market |
 Saleswoman |
 Love the colors of these shoppers |
 Pilgrims at Teppam festival in Madurai |
 More pilgrims |
 Another |
 Teppam float festival |
 Yet more pilgrims at festival |
 Float with Shee Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswara |
 Waiting in line at Meenakshi Temple |
 Temple offering |
 Whispering in the bull's ear brings good luck. |
 Garland workers |
 Chettinad mansion |
 Reflection of another mansion |
 60th Birthday Party; a dunking... |
 Chettinad mansion |
 You can tell how much I enjoy color: skeins of yarn |
 Friendly, inquisitive kids who wanted to practice their English |
 Village altar |
 Village offering |
 Roadside offering |
 Customers at local "Starbucks" |
 Young boys |
 Young gypsy |
 Gopuram in Chettinad |
 Gopuram figures |
 Gopuram figures |
 Top of gopuram |
 Sadhu resting |
 Wild parakeet |
 Wealthy homeowner's wall |
 Contemporary tile decoration |
 Chettinad villagers |
 Colorful owner of a very colorful home! |
 Young Chettinad girls |
 Temple bells are everywhere. |
 More colorful saris in Chennai |
 Dogs have a good life, don't they? |