| Tirumala, Chittoor and Kadapa | ||
| Tirumula | Chittoor | Kadapa |
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| Tirumala Tirumula is about 16km North of Tirupati in the hills. It is approached by a one-way road from Tirupati and is one of the most important, biggest, richest temples in India. It is the home of Sri Venkateshwara, also known as Balaji. This year I visited with Madhu who queued to enter the inner sanctuary for 6 hours TOP |
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| The famous gold roof of the inner sanctuary, seen over the top of an excluding wall |
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| Entrance to the inner sanctuary |
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| The power of the god is augmented by controversial windmills |
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| Part of the queue for darshan with Sri Venkateshwara as it winds around the huge temple area |
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| Trapped in the queue, pleading for ice-cream |
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| Recovery room? |
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| The recovery position |
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| Having offered his hair to the god it is time to cover up |
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| Or buy a souvenir |
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| Time from a rest from it all |
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| For 10 rupees they promised to protect our car |
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| A subsidiary temple near the main temple. From the size of the worshippers' sandals I guess it is for kids |
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| Chittoor About 90 minutes from Tirupati; I was visiting Madhu TOP |
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| On roof at his father's house in Chittoor |
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| view from the roof |
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| The neighbours below |
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On the edge of the reservoir |
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| Why waste all that water |
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| Kadapa I visited Imran here; it is about 3hr drive from Tirupati TOP |
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| Imran on our roof |
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| Imrans's home |
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| Our home on the roof |
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| Looking after the environment |
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| One photo of my family sir |
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| Washday |
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| Lay it flat approach |
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| Or pile it high |
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| They were as interested in me as i was in them, but i could have run away |
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| The duck farmer set up camp next to the river |
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| I think his feet were smelly |
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