Photo Post: Bangalore/Mysore

Chennai Central Train Station

On the platform

On the train

Our room at Terrace Gardens Guest House

The courtyard

The terrace. We ate our breakfast at this table on Sunday.

I want these planters!

Back of a lorry. 

Man with a camel.

Ganesha Temple

Roof-sitting monkeys

Nibbling stolen food

Monkey with baby stealing idli...yum!

Awesome buffet. Worth stealing, if you're a monkey!

Three women in veils

The Summer Palace of Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan (I didn't take this picture.)

Mysore Palace is next...wait for it, and be good!

Photo Post: San Thome/Marina Beach

Wedding at St. Thomas Basilica

Our Lady of Mylapore

The tower

Another view

Shrine

barefoot, texting nun

Girls in white

Indian toilet. Fun, eh?

Last look against the sky

Marina Beach. Swimming is not allowed there,
as the water is actually quite dangerous.

Kannagi, The Perfection of Chastity

Toy vendors at Marina Beach

Triumph of Labour

MGR Memorial

Evening sky

More to come...be good!

Photo Post: The Theosophical Society

Entrance to the Theosophical Society

Arch

Cool beetle

From the hall, looking outside

The hall

The outside of the hall...elephants!

Little statues everywhere

I don't know what kind of tree this is,
but it looks sooooooo cool.

Edit: I found out that its official name is  Couroupita guianensis, 
but it is also called a Cannonball Tree. Can you guess why?
In Tamil,  the flower is referred to as "Nagalingam," because it resembles the
 hood of a snake protecting the symbol of Lord Shiva.

Pillar

Guess what I saw?

The banyan tree

Devi

Millipede

Parsi Temple

Awesome spider web!

Next up...more photos!

Photo Posts

I have so many photos to post! I'll try to do this in a few installments. I'll only be able to post some of the bazillion pictures I snapped, of course, but I'll be sure to bore you with many more later, in person.

Some chaat at the mall

I didn't know they made diet water. How is it different than regular water?

At the housewares store. This may be my favorite photo I took while in India.

Rows of suit fabrics at Pothys. Imagine six floors of this.
 I swear, no two outfits in India are alike (well, that's not true, but it seems like it.)

Yummy, yummy, yummy!

Delivering copy paper is sure different in Chennai!

A very posh handicrafts shop, selling organic textiles, among other things.

I'll post pics from the Theosophical Society next.