  1 There are a relatively large number of Christians in the south of India |
 2 That soup is boiling hot |
 3 The Cauvery River, with worshippers in the distance |
 4 Worshippers at Srirangam Temple first bathe in the Cauvery |
 5 The Rock Fort viewed from the Cauvery |
 6 Elephants get baths too |
 7 Tourists at the river |
 8 The south gopuram of the Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam |
 9 Tourist and guide inside Srirangam Temple |
 10 Ranganathaswamy Temple viewed from the roof |
 11 The golden peak of the Vishnu shrine in the Ranganathaswamy Temple |
 12 Temple gopuram |
 13 Looking south over three successive gopurams |
 14 The east gopuram |
 15 The three vertical bars of Vishnu (For Shiva, they are horizontal) |
 16 Venugopala Shrine, dedicated to Krishna, one of the avatars of Vishnu |
 17 Krishna and his flute |
 18 Statue of one of Krishna's beloved milk-maids on the Venugopala Shrine |
 19 His head has been shaved for an offering and sandal paste applied |
 20 Worshipping at a small shrine |
 21 The temple elephant ... |
 22 ... blesses a worshipper |
 23 Laughing ladies |
 24 Happy boy |
 25 Must be a treat to cheer him up after his head shave |
 26 Hanuman, the monkey god, with Sugriva, king of the monkeys, and (probably) two of Rama's brothers |
 27 These wierd heads and things made us think of Tibetan Bhuddist art ... |
 28 ... but our guide didn't like that, insisting that Hinduism came before Buddhism |
 29 These looked Tibetan to us too |
 30 At the sacred tank, which is not square for once ... |
 31 ... a family of cats goes fishing |
 32 Hanuman and elephant |
 33 Vijayanagar statues of horses at the Sheshagiri Mandapa |
 34 The tenth avatar of Vishnu, the horse who brings the Hindu equivalent of Apocalypse |
 35 The Rock Fort rises to a height of over 80m |
 36 One of the temples carved out of the stone in the Rock Fort |
 37 Shiva |
 38 Climbing up to the top of the Rock Fort -- it's a temple, so no shoes |
 39 The Ganesh Temple on top of the Rock Fort |
 40 View of the city |
 41 Golden dome on lower temple |
 42 Srirangam Temple viewed from the Rock Fort |
 43 Well, they're concrete, but they're colorful |
 44 A family rests on the rooftop of their house |
 45 Swedish tourist |
 46 American tourist |
 47 Looking down from the Ganesh Temple |
 48 Many kites soared lazily around |
 49 Beautiful evening sunlight on the rock |
 50 The Rock Fort from below |
 51 A shrine cut into the rock of the Rock Fort |
 52 Reliefs in the shrine |
 53 A small lane below the rock fort contained some nice dwellings |
 54 This family was painting their whole house, which was very pleasant |
 55 He is a video photographer -- and they were both very friendly people |
 56 Colors in a doorway |
 57 Elephant in the street |
 58 Shri Jambukeshwara Temple gopuram |
 59 Beautiful mandapa (pillared hall) in the Shri Jambukeshwara Temple |
 60 Many beautiful pillars |
 61 Tower |
 62 Elephant-trunk staircase at the Shri Jambukeshwara Temple |
 63 Another view of the pillered hall |
 64 Rock Fort and filling station |
 65 A street in the bazaar |
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