Madurai temple complex
While the bride and groom were with their families for some private
festivities, Priya and her family arranged a three day tour for
some of the Western guests. We began with an overnight train ride to
Madurai, a town famous for its Meenakshi temple, whose painted
gopurams (towers) illustrate scenes from the Hindu epics.
The photo above shows our group (left-to-right): Don Lacey, Dave
Hully, Anders, Meenakshi (or guide, whose name is the same as the
temple), and Per. We were posing on the roofdeck of a building that,
moments later, we learned contained a rug store whose owner wanted to
take us through his long sales pitch. Apparently the roofdeck was
just a lure to draw in tourists.
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