Flying over Turkey ...
... Mount Ararat
Bengaluru: Idli breakfast
Waiting for Rain's backpack ...
The train station
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Coconut palms along the train track
Arsikere arrival: Our wagon at left
Halebid: The Hoysaleshwara temple
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The entrance ...
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Ghislaine and Leif
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Sculptures everywhere around the temple
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Parvati ...
... Shiva, her consort ...
... Ganesha, their son
Narasimha, king of Hoysala
You are not alone in India ...
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The bull Nandi
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School kids on an outing
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The Halebid temple
Our hotel, right by the temple
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Chai in ‘downtown’
Shravanabelagola: A Jain temple
Leif and Rain climb 647 steps ... and it is very hot !
The Tank
The Jain statue Gommateshvara Bahubali
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Leif and the big statue: 17 meters (57 F) high
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Leif in line for a blessing ...
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... Rain, too
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The Tank and the Chandragiri hill and temple
Chandragiri: The entrance
No shoes in the temple areas !
The Tank and the big Jain temple opposite ...
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Arsikere: Waiting for our night train
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Badami: A Tonga ‘taxi’
A nice small town
The women wash clothes
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The way to the Mountain Temple
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Hoopoe
The temple on a small mountain top
A Macaque monkey
Back down to Badami ...
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Badami: The Cliff Temples
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Sculptures in the cave ...
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The big Tank and the Mountain Temple
Another cave temple
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All the tourists together ...
The Shore Temple
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A woman on the hiking trail
Mahakuteshwara: 7
th
c. temples in the forest
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The Mahakuteshvara temple
The bull Nandi
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The Sangameshvara temple
Fun in the Tank !
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Pattadakal, a World Heritage Site
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Style Dravidian (S) --- style Pallava (N)
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The bull Nandi
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Gadag train station: Freight train
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Hampi: The big Virupaksha temple
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The Tungabhadra river ...
... public transportation
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Washing-woman
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River walk
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Méropidé: Bee-eater
The Vittala temple
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Around Vittala
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Ghislaine chats with a French woman
Heading back
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Langour monkeys
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The obligatory Chai
Lunch in Hampi
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Hospet
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Breakfast: Dosa !
The market
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The old Muslim quarters
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Dinner at the train station
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Train Hospet to Guntakal, 2½ hours ride
Guntakal to Itarsi, 20½ hours ride
Our compartment
