Back on the road from Rameswaram, we stopped for tea and met this woman who has the most amazing, and heavy, earrings.
Tree stump splitter
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Another middle of nowhere wonder in India
These horses and soldiers remind me of the buried
terracotta army in Xi'an, China.
The statues surrounded a small temple.
Slowly returning to the earth.........
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We arrived in Madurai; Niki and Beta had a flight the next morning. Madurai is a large city with good hotels (where I had a banana split). Sir Meenakshi is a beautiful and well maintained temple complex. It is surrounded by shops filled with really exquisite jewelry, carpets, and scarves with starting prices to match. You had better know how to bargain (they do)!
Sir Meeknakshi Temple gopuram
(towers)
Detail
Ceiling painting with Hindu angles
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Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin)
At the very southernmost tip of India
The temple is dark and I think that photography is forbidden. The area around the temple was littered with trash and was generally dirty, but the town, full of pilgrims, has a lively, festive feel. One full day is probably enough.
Pilgrims bathing
Drying saris
Pilgrims
What can I say?
A quiet public tank a short walk from the beach
Detail
Next, Kerala
