Mahakuta

An oasis


Mahakuta is like an oasis, a tree-shaded area with a clean, spring-fed tanks and numerous small temples. People come here not only to worship in the temples but to cool off and relax and have some fun. There are lots of people relaxing, praying and swimming in the tank. The water was very tempting.


Banyan
Instrument
Beautiful banyan tree outside compound
Curious instrument
Ganesh and Nandi
Mahakuta
Ganesh and Nandi at the temple entrance
Shady trees o'erhanging
Siv and friends
People
Siv and friends
Ladies and children

The central point of Mahakuta is the spring-fed tank. That day, it was full of whooping, jumping and splashing young men, having a wonderful time and escaping from the heat of the day into the cool water. It was certainly the cleanest (only clean) tank we have seen in India.


Tank
Tank
Playing in the cool water of the tank
Tank
School children
The tank
Clean uniforms on the edge of the tank

The enclosure contains several small temples decorated with sculpture. And, as always in India, there are monkies to liven up the scene.


Ardhanarishvara
Tree
Ardhanarishvara (androgyous Shiva) on a temple
Beatiful tree
Monkey
Monkey
Another Nandi
Monkey watching Nandi
Monkies
Monkies
Monkies playing among the temples. What long tails they have.

Mahakuta was a refreshing and amusing place to visit on the way back from Pattadakal to Badami.

Back to India 2009.