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This, as I so frequently say, is a very holy Hindu pilgrimage site. It's on an island off the southeast coast in the Indian Ocean, near Adam's Bridge to Sri Lanka -- which is, of course, not really a bridge. The main temple here is a major pilgrimage site and it was full of people going from one well or pool to another, dropping a bucket into the water, and ritually cleansing themselves with the water. There were something like 24 sites. And a lot of wet Hindus. It was pretty dark inside and so there are not a lot of indoor pictures and photographing the gopuram was, for some reason, nearly impossible for me. I have to work on this. But the town around the temple was fun to stroll around, and I got some nice candid street shots. There was also a minor temple over by the ocean that was open air and so I got some nice detail shots and some shots of pilgrims bathing in the ocean.
An icon in one of the better lit sections of the temple
An icon in one of the better lit sections of the temple
An outdoor temple in the courtyard of the main temple
An outdoor temple in the courtyard of the main temple
The future is ours, comrades
The future is ours, comrades
Nice village houses
Nice village houses
Village kids clamoring for photos
Village kids clamoring for photos
Couple of dogs amid a pile of trashed terra cottas
Couple of dogs amid a pile of trashed terra cottas
Sweet girl, thatch hut
Sweet girl, thatch hut
Ritual bathing
Ritual bathing
Ah, India
Ah, India
The main tower
The main tower
Also the main tower
Also the main tower
He was on his way to a fancy dress ball
He was on his way to a fancy dress ball
The girl in orange was  pissed!
The girl in orange was pissed!
This was at a factory of some sort. The guy running away was not keen to be photographed
This was at a factory of some sort. The guy running away was not keen to be photographed
No comment
No comment
Dead fish
Dead fish
I think the key to gopuram photographing is, duh, distance
I think the key to gopuram photographing is, duh, distance
Three kids stopped me. Here's one.
Three kids stopped me. Here's one.
Here's another.
Here's another.
This wold be the third
This wold be the third
Ah, India
Ah, India
g6/31/233431/3/69235700.ByXRIMW1.jpg Inside, there are long decoratively pillared hallways.
Inside, there are long decoratively pillared hallways.
She was cute
She was cute
Ah, India
Ah, India
More bathing
More bathing
Holy man, or possibly just a lost Phish fan
Holy man, or possibly just a lost Phish fan
Ta-Da!
Ta-Da!
I like the colors
I like the colors
At the outdoor temple by the water, lots of carved stone scenes of someone's life. Looked like the Buddha.
At the outdoor temple by the water, lots of carved stone scenes of someone's life. Looked like the Buddha.
Slightly perturbed
Slightly perturbed
Bemused
Bemused
Looks like Meryl Streep
Looks like Meryl Streep
Ah, India
Ah, India
Wait! How many fingers do I have?
Wait! How many fingers do I have?
Close up, gopuram carvings.
Close up, gopuram carvings.
g6/31/233431/3/69235715.YhFqTMOn.jpg We like her
We like her
cowlickinglingam
cowlickinglingam
Interior of the temple
Interior of the temple
Off in a village by the water
Off in a village by the water
Nice colors
Nice colors
Ah, India
Ah, India