Chidambaram, India
The ornate monumental entrance tower, known as a gopuram, for the 10th century Nataraja Temple located in Tamil Nadu.
Ballooning over India.
Two hot air balloons flying over marigold fields and agricultural land in a rural area near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.
Selling fruit...
Pondicherry, India
The fresh fish section of the public indoor market in Puducherry.
A fishmonger selling tuna at the central market. Look at those old-fashioned weigh scales.
An Indian flower vendor handles bags of jasmine blossoms in his public market stall, next to large trays of rose and marigold flower heads. which are all used in Hinduism.
Tamil Nadu, India
A man prepares a pot of chai tea at a roadside eatery.
A group of pedicab drivers standing beside their parked vehicles, also known as cycle rickshaws, which are decorated and used for local transportation.
An Indian street vendor working in the country's informal economy, attempting to sell colorful beaded necklaces to tourists, his main source of customers.
A young male beach vendor selling plastic bags of pink cotton candy in Pondicherry.
The botanical gardens in Puducherry, with lush greenery and tropical flowers in the French quarter of the former colony.
European elegance in the former French colony of Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu. And an Ambassador!
The Palais Mahe Hotel in the White Town district of the former French colonial city previously known as Pondicherry.
A beautiful specimen of an old Indian banyan tree (Latin - Ficus benghalensis), which produces aerial prop roots that grow into many new trunks.
Auroville, India
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
An elderly woman sits on the floor of a Hindu temple stringing traditional jasmine flowers for women to wear in their hair.
A temple elephant, who "blesses" Hindu devotees by placing her trunk on their heads --- a controversial practice because elephants often work long hours in poor conditions.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
A large granite statue of a nandi bull, the gate guardian of the Hindu god Shiva, inside the entrance to the Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple complex in Tanjore.
The beautiful Airavateswara Hindu Temple, an example of 12th century Dravidian architecture, located in Darasuram in the Thanjavur district.
Indian teenage school girls wearing identical red and pink uniforms stand in an assembly outside their school buildings, in Tamil Nadu.
Thiruparankundram, India
The ornate monumental entrance tower, known as a gopuram, for the 6th century, Subramanya Swamy Temple, cut into a steep granite hill, located near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Farm laborers planting rice in paddies.
The aerial roots and branches of a strangler fig tree (Ficus) in beautiful golden light during a dramatic sunset. The strangler fig eventually kills the host tree.
The beautiful rolling hills of a tea plantation.
Kerala, India
