Tailor. Madurai

Directly in the street, more easy for chatting....

Waiting for water. Madurai

Water comes once a day, at the same time, have to wait to be sure to have some...

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....

Cornacs. Madurai

I was near Hanuman, when I heard something unusual: the elephants were coming back to the temple after a period in a park.

They came here in front of the sanctuary's gate, stayed a short moment and went to their usual place for blessing pilgrims.

The kids and the goddess. Madurai

They were playing behind this little temple, I began to shot, but a seller of eggs sid: "photo, photo...".

They immediatly stopped the game and came to me, finally their surprised expressions about my interest for the temple became my theme.

They drived me and explained me all about the gods....nice moment.

Sari. Madurai

Drying laundry, we are close to the river.

General Dourakine. Madurai

An unique character, meet in a street of Madurai, looks like a russian general of the last century.

Flowers. Madurai

Flowers seller, in the market.

Praying. Madurai

Praying hanuman, the god monkey.

Confortable. Madurai

Only the fingers moving on the mother's shoulder show he is dreaming....we are in the Meenakshi temple.

Pumpkins. Madurai

In Madurai , there is a market where are selled many kind of pumpkins....

Father and daughter. Madurai

Many fathers do this pilgrimage with their daughter, nice way to be closer...
They are in black, with the Shiva's collar, probably they will go to Sabarimala, Kerala.