The Lepakshi temple near Hindupur. Lepakshi gets its name from Laya Pakshi or 'Dead Bird' referring to Jatayu of the Ramayana. The local legend is that he fell dead in this area after his battle with Ravana.
This is supposed to be a footprint of Goddess Sita. It is claimed to have magical properties: there is always some moisture inside. If you wipe away the water, you can see it oozing back. Fed by some underground water formation ?
Later Priya, who cannot be accused of an overly rationalist attitude, asked me innocently -- how come the footprint is so big ?
Papier-mache craftwork by Timbaktu school children.
Vinayaka image (can't see much really) at the timbaktu school, for vinayaka chaturti celebrations.
Below: A funny tourist attraction on the way to Timbaktu: a giant sleeping Kumbakharna, with people running around trying to wake him up.
4 comments:
which camera is it?
which make/model?
Its a Nokia 6125 cameraphone.
Which commenter is this ? :-)
query was from me...
Maybe u should do a review of the phone too... I am curious since I find the photo's are good for a cameraphone.
Glad to oblige !
I'll try to do it soon.
BTW -- why 'kustavan' ?
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