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22C_0054 My rental car for 18 days from Bangalore
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South India rough map, clockwise from Bangalore
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Bangalore to Chennai (Madras) to Pondicherry and Gingee Fort
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22C_0065 Jalakantesvara Temple inside Vellore Fort (16th Century) Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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22C_0081 Jalakantesvara Temple; Kalyana Mandapa
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22C_0071 Jalakantesvara Temple; Kalyana Mandapa
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22C_0086 Temple cow, Jalakantesvara Temple inside Vellore Fort (16th Century) Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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22C_0096 Moat, Vellore Fort (16th Century) Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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22C_0087 St John’s Church (1846), a Neoclassical church with an unusual balustraded staircase. Inside Vellore Fort (16th Century) Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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22C_0102 Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0105 Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0107 Parrot, inside Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0109 Yalis, Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0111 Yalis, Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0113 Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0114 Yalis, Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0116 Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0119 Yalis, Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0123 Five friends, inside Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0125 Nandi, Shiva’s mount, Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple (8th Century), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0126 Yalis, Kailasanathar (Kailashnath) Temple. An unusual carving of the Shiva devotee Kannappa removing his own eyes with an arrow, while Shiva’s hand stretches out of the lingam to stop him.
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22C_0127 Ekambareshwara Temple (16th–17th century Shiva shrine) has a 60m-high gopura on the south side, with unusually restrained decoration. Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0130 Shiva’s son Murugan on a peacock. Ekambareshwara Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0135 Ekambareshwara Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0139 Kamakshi Amman Temple South Gopuram and massive wall, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0140 Driving into Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, southern India. Note that lane markings in India are a waste of paint.
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20230123_133835 Fort model, Fort St. George museum, Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, southern India
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22C_0143 St Mary’s Church (1690) within Ft St George, Chennai, India. Thought to be the oldest Protestant church in Asia.
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22C_0151 St Mary’s Church (1690) within Ft St George, Chennai, India. The altarpiece is an oil painting of the Last Supper that was captured from the French in Pondicherry in 1761
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22C_0145 St Mary’s Church (1690) within Ft St George, Chennai, India. The altarpiece is an oil painting of the Last Supper that was captured from the French in Pondicherry in 1761
