I visited the beach temple of Mahabalipuram, above, and detail, below:
I toured the Meenakshi Temple, in Madurai, and I still remember it vividly. The painted carvings are intricate and fascinating:
I climbed up the interior and leaned out precariously to pose for this shot:
And from that vantage point took this photo:
On this next set I am perhaps fudging it a bit--I prefer positive identifications, but memory has faded, and intensive google image searching has failed to turn up anything definitive. I believe it is a Jain temple shrine in Tamil Nadu, but can't be sure. It's wonderful, regardless, so I am including it. Here's the approach to the shrine:
EDIT: many many thanks to the anonymous poster who correctly identified this shrine as GOMMATAGIRI - Jain temple shrine of Mysore - KARNATAKA.
A group of school children on an outing waiting in the line, along with a coconut water vendor:
The view I had while shuffling very slowly up a long line to the statue in the shrine:
The gorgeous view back over my shoulder while waiting in line, of flooded rice paddies:
The statue at the top of the shrine, with a ceremony underway:
Attendants and visitors to the shrine, looking a bit askance at the foreign visitors:
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A group of school children on an outing waiting in the line, along with a coconut water vendor:
The view I had while shuffling very slowly up a long line to the statue in the shrine:
The gorgeous view back over my shoulder while waiting in line, of flooded rice paddies:
The statue at the top of the shrine, with a ceremony underway:
Attendants and visitors to the shrine, looking a bit askance at the foreign visitors:
If you are new here, you can see more vintage photos by clicking on "India" under Labels in the right toolbar. I am revisiting my time there as a student in the 1970's in preparation for a return trip later this summer. So stay tuned, and thanks for reading.
4 comments:
It is so wonderful that you are again traveling to India this summer! I hope you will post lots about your trip here...
I went in January 2001, to the Maha Kumbha Mela in Allahabad....one of the peak experiences of my life. I would so love to go back...one day!
Wow, Sue! Those are so cool! I don't know if you have seen the blog I have been doing on my family's time in Brazil (1962-1980, www.bielsinbrazil.blogspot.com), but I have seen several other TAFA members also post old travel photos lately. Would be fun to think of a way to bring some of them together...
Enjoy your trip!
GOMMATAGIRI - Jain temple shrine of Mysore - KARNATAKA
To the poster with the comment about Gommatagiri - sorry, google just now served up this comment. My trip was a long time ago, and memory is not perfect. Thank you so for giving me the correct information.
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