Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Kanchipuram 2


Kanchi 4, originally uploaded by Hilary Holt.

We drove into Kanchipuram to see two huge temples catching the early morning light.
Our driver managed to take us round 5 temples before lunchtime! Some are ancient and not used for worship, and others are packed with pilgrims.
At Ekambareshara there is a huge mango tree that the women walk round to find marriage and fertility, hanging little bright pink cribs in the tree. There were hundreds of young women walking round at speed, dressed in saris of all colours of the rainbow.