India Cultural Heritage Discovery Tour

September 2011

A fantastic tour through Karnatka and Tamil Nadu. In continuation of what we did five years ago, when we visited Kerala and Northwest India. Chasing Nandis (Shiva's bull), elephants, lotuses .... An unforgettable experience, India never fails to surprise ....
Here are some photos of Karnatka, and in the following you can also see photos from Tamil Nadu.

Karnatka

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Bangalore, the garden city	Park in Bangalore	Seringapatam - lotus in the temple
Seringapatam - stone elephant	Seringapatam - ancient prison	Seringapatam - the prison again
Tipu Sultan's tomb	Tipu Sultan's tomb	Nandi hill
On the way to Belur	Selling vegetables	Pumpkins
Baskets	Other vegetables	Stalls
Vishnu temple in Belur	Belur - amazing carvings	Belur - carved elephants
Belur - Vishnu feet	Belur - another lotus	Belur - the temple's tank
Belur - the temple's porch	Belur - pilgrims	Belur - the temple's tower
In the Malabar hills	Coffee plantation	The vegetaion is taking over ...
Well-tended garden in the hills	Malabar hill	Another garden in the hills
	Helibidu - sun flower seeds	Shiva temple in Helibidu
Helibidu - a big Nandi	Helibidu - family on pilgrimage	Helibidu - inside the temple
Helibidu - a small Nandi	Helibidu - external carvings
Helibidu - the workers' break	Helibidu - not completed work	Helibidu - beautiful saree
Helibidu - Jain temple	Helibidu - Jain saint	Shravanabelagola - view from the top
Shravanabelagola	Shravanabelagola - village and tank	Driving in Bangalore

Bangalore - Nandi temple

Bangalore - outside the Nandi temple