I am getting on a plane this evening, but wanted to post a couple of videos first. I hope you don't mind the poor videography.
This is the first temple I visited, the Kapaleashwarar temple in Mylapore, Chennai:
This is the shore temple, Mahapalipuram. I believe this is a World Heritage Site, not that this designation means anything:
A different site in Mahapalipuram:
An elephant at the Srirangam Temple, he takes money and gives blessings in exchange:
This is a different elephant who had died that same day:
Typical traffic in Chennai:
What would be more amazing than an elephant giving blessings for money, would be seeing him USE that money. What does a priestly elephant buy? :) Peanuts?
ReplyDeletei LOVE the new blog title! so clever :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting to compare your pictures with mine in Thailand. Much of Asia seems to operate the same way!
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