Anyone who has raomed around the stonecarvers of the Five Rathas must have stumbled in to this tea stall. For more the fifteen years he runs this small business with a soft smile and galant respect for all. You feel yourself at home.
But once a year the stall is closed.
Then this religious man march all the way from his home to Ayyappa, a worshipping place in the mountains of Kerala only reachable on foot.

Give it a try when you come by.


ISO800 F/5 1/125 42mm late afternoon as shot

PS to Charles Mcsween .... "All is not sad in India." ... indeed , on the contrary ....

You noticed the long white beard here ?

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