DAILY PHOTO: Domed Tomb at Badami

Taken on November 28, 2020 in Badami

DAILY PHOTO: Vittala Mandir Stone Chariot & Main Gate

Taken on November 27, 2020 at Hampi.

DAILY PHOTO: Sangamanatha Temple Catching the Evening Sun

Taken on November 29, 2020 at Kudalasangama.

DAILY PHOTO: Gol Gumbaz

Taken on November 29, 2020 in Bijapur (Vijayapura)

This is the second largest unsupported dome in the world (after St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.)

DAILY PHOTO: Tower & Temple Under Ominous Skies

Taken in Aihole on November 28, 2020.

DAILY PHOTO: Woman Walks on Temple Grounds

Taken on November 28, 2020 at Mahakuteshwara Mandir.

DAILY PHOTO: Hangin’ ’round the Temple, Pattadakal

Taken at the Pattadakal Temple Group on November 28, 2020.

DAILY PHOTO: Ibrahim Rauza

Taken on December 29, 2020 in Bijapur (Vijayapura.)

Five Hampi Haiku

I
flat waters
glide wide at the bend,
their might mute


II
boulders stacked
in precarious piles —
yet they stand


III
the palm trees
stand over stone ruins —
upright sentries


IV
a leaning tree
reaches its gnarled, bent trunk
to shade pilgrims


V
strange landscape —
rubble swept into piles
by what hand?

DAILY PHOTO: Badami Caves

Taken on November 28, 2020 at Badami Caves.