Saddhu

Sadhu, in the northern gate, a very distinguished man, full of dignity

After praying.

After praying Ganesh...

Veil.

Pilgrim from North India...

Feet. Madurai

Ganesh shrine, Meenakshi temple...

Vishnu devotees. Madurai

Canalised by the bambu's fences, the devotees begin to come to the temple...

Bamboo fence. Madurai

Great week for the Vishnu temple, the god will go out of his shrine, as every year in January, so many devotees come here that bambu fences have been builded to canalise the crowd.

Children are playing here...

Daily devotee. Madurai

Everyday, he comes here to pray...

Ayappa. Madurai

Ayappa pilgrim, to have more info:

http://plerinageayappa.blogspot.com/

Pilgims. Madurai

Chatting. Madurai

Nothern gate of Meenakshi temple...

Ganesh. madurai

For Pongal, in january, the giant ganesh statue is covered with silver...

Bamboo gate. Madurai

Building a bamboo fence in the temple...

Chat. Madurai

Chat between a priest and a devotee...

Yellow. Madurai

praying...

Lamp. Madurai

In the Meenakshi temple...

Blessing. Madurai

Blessed by his father, the color have been picked uo on Hanuman statue.

Glance. Madurai

a toung devotee in Meenakshi, she have a beautiful, deep glance.

Devotion. Madurai

So many devotees come to the Hanuman shrine, all go very fast and the scenery is changing all the time....

Holy ashes. Madurai

Pilgrims use to spread holy ashes on their forehead, to pry hanuman.
It's a nice game for children to put the hands in this powder, but very difficult to get it off...

Lighting lamps. Madurai

The mother and granmother teaching the rituals to the boy, very concentrated....