The view from the deck of the Taj Kuteeram restaurant early in the morning.
A monument on the dance platform at the school of dance next door to Kuteeram, Bangalore.
Navalya in the garden at the dance school.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Shadows in water.
Cherry tomatoes in a vegetable patch.
Face-off
A different shot of this unusual flower, at least unusual for me.
Not sure what this flower is called.
My Navalya at a farm resort outside of Bangalore. Taj Kuteeram I think it's called.
The main shrine inside the temple, hasn't been used in ages unfortunately.
A front view of this ancient temple. The site was so busy during the day and it was nigh impossible to get a shot of the temple without tourists walking about.
A close up of the statue of Lord Rama.
A side view of the temple.
A macro shot of a small carving on the temple wall.
A beautifully depicted Hindu deity again in close up.
A Hindu Deity close up. The sculpture has aged pretty well and is mostly intact.
Getting even closer to the details on the temple walls.
Yet another look at this temple. Did I say that it is a 13th century temple that has amazing stood the test of time. (I guess I did :-)) It's pretty much intact and is now protected by the government. Thank goodness we are allowed in to view a wonderful part of history.
A low viewpoint of one of the three main structures of this temple. I felt like I needed an entire day just to photograph this place. It was truly fascinating.
Yet more details of the carved images on the temple.
The weather was not great that day and it was already about 5pm when I took these photo's. Here is some more detail of the Kesava Temple.
Hand carved detail on this temple. Each carving is unique and although from a distance it looks the same they are indeed different. Amazing...
One of the three main structures from the Kesava temple. According to the inscriptions at the entrance, this is an example of Hoysala type architecture, named after the King of the same name.
The side hallway of a 13th Century Hindu Temple not far from Mysore in Karnataka state.
Monday, June 06, 2005
Shells are so beautiful, here's another I found on the shoreline.
