Taken in November of 2013 in Hampi.
DAILY PHOTO: Hampi Landscape
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DAILY PHOTO: Gray Langur Mother & Child
Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi.
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DAILY PHOTO: Guardian Elephant at Srirangapatna Temple
Taken in November of 2013 in Mysore
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DAILY PHOTO: Mysore Palace at Sunset
Taken in December 2013 in Mysore.
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DAILY PHOTO: Madikeri Fort
Taken March 30, 2014 in Madikeri.
This 17th century fort was built by the Mudduraja, and subsequently controlled by Tipu Sultan, Doddavira Rajendra, the British, and the Wodeyars.
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DAILY PHOTO: Padmasambhava Buddhist Vihara
Taken March 29, 2014 at Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe.
Namdroling Monastery is the largest teaching center of the Nyingmapa sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. It is located in Bylakuppe in southern Karnataka. Bylakuppe is a series of settlements that constitute one of the largest collections of Tibetans in Southern India (about 20,000 Tibetans live here.) This monastery was established by the Penor Rinpoche in 1963, after the Tibetan diaspora of 1959. The original monastery was a small bamboo temple, from that it has grown to a large campus of buildings.
This, the “Golden Temple”, is a must stop visit for travelers in southern Karnataka. For those with interest in Tibetan Buddhism, one may want to arrange a longer stay. Be aware that there are certain permitting requirements for visits longer than day visits.
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DAILY PHOTO: Coracle Captain
Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi.
This 89 pound man rowed tourists (usually weighing much more than 89 pounds a piece–and sometimes including five or six per group) upstream, and then float them back downstream. He was definitely putting his back into it.
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DAILY PHOTO: Crocodile at Peace
Taken in November of 2013 at the Mysore Zoo
There is no smile
worn by a crocodile,
that’ll induce me to pet him.
There’s no grin,
neither wide nor thin,
that extends my treasured limb.
Save your beaming.
It looks scheming.
“No, I won’t go for a swim.”
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DAILY PHOTO: Temple Dancer
Taken November 23, 2013 in Belur, India
This may be my last Daily Photo post for almost a month. If I do get any in, they’ll be sporadic. However, upon my return I will have lots of new posting fodder from Malaysia and Thailand.
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DAILY PHOTO: Commercial Street Storefront
Taken December 7, 2013 on Commercial Street in Bangalore.
This is one of the more ornate and less modern storefronts on Commercial Street.
Commercial Street is the heart of a market district in central Bangalore. It’s a short street that runs parallel to, and a few blocks north of, MG Road.
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