I spent most of October in Tamil Nadu, India, celebrating Navaratri, festival of the Divine Mother (Durga Shakti). We were based at the foot of Arunachala holy mountain, one of the five most sacred places in India. A last minute trip, yet this turned out to be my most memorable life experience to date – Tamil Nadu is magical and the people are extraordinary. Here is a tiny taster of some of my favourite moments… click to enlarge & scroll…

WAGON

KOLAM STAR

BRASS BIRDS

RAMANA TEMPLE SHRINE

SHIVA TEMPLE THIRUVANNAMALAI TAKEN FROM ARUNACHALA

GANESHA JASMIN

CHAMELION EYE TO EYE

LOTUS

SPARSA CHAMELION

AT THE FOOT OF ARUNACHALA

KUNDALINI FLOWER

HOLY COW

MORE CHAI PLEASE!

RAMANA TEMPLE KOLAM

PUJA PREPARATIONS AT THE THIRU TEMPLE

BHARATI & SAGE: IMPRESSION

SHIVA, RAMANA TEMPLE

VARANASI GRANDMOTHER

PRIEST WITH PUJA SUNSTONE

SALEM LIFE

ARUNACHALA HOLY MOUNTAIN FROM THE RAMALINGA ASHRAM

BALAKRISHNA (left) WITH DEVOTEE NAGARAJ

AYURVEDA SUPERMARKET

GURU OF TRANSLATION

WAITING

SWAMI MINGLES WITH DANCERS

NAVARATRI PERFORMANCE AT THE THIRU TEMPLE

GREEN SILK & RED TOES

NAVARATRI CLOSE

MAYAMA ZIVA SAMADHI SALEM with VIMALA & JOLANDA

THE DREAMING TREE PEACOCK

CHARMIERS MURAL, CHENNAI

ARUNACHALA MIST AT DAWN

AT MAHABALIPURAM SHORE TEMPLE

PRETTY PREETHI & ME at MAHABALIPURAM TEMPLE

ME by KHARTHIK at MAHABALIPURAM SHORE TEMPLE

ELLIOTS BEACH AT DAWN

Namaste

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