Holy shower. Rameswaram

After the bath in the sea, pilgrims go to the temple, were a priest drive them to 22 points of water, each time a shower.

In the foreground, Hanuman, the monkey-god.

Holy water. Rameswaram

Pilgrims bring back bottles of the water, supposed to be sacred.

Some of them mix it with Ganga water in varanasi, other famous sacred place.

Holy cow. Rameswaram

Pilgrim beach in Rameswaram.

Truck. Dhanushkodi

To go to Dhanushkodi, no road anymore, since the hurricane of1964, which destroyed also the railway.

Pilgrims use theese 4x4 trucks.

Ablutions. Chidanbaram

In the holy tank, before the ceremony, one of the temple's priest...

Waiting. Chidanbaram

waiting the opening of the temple's gate...

Cleaning the god. Chidanbaram

Cleaning the god of a very little temple for the ceremony, once a year...

Sadhu. Chidanbaram

Shiva Nataraja temple, a hawk's glance...

Pilars. Chidanbaram

Having a chat among the pilars....

Brahmane. Chidanbaram

One of the priests of the Shiva Nataraja temple, to night it's a full moon night, a special ceremony...

Holy tank. Chidanbaram

Shiva Nataraja temple, one of the biggest tanks...

Cows. Chidanbaram

A nice place to have a chat, or a lunch, even if sometimes, cows can disturb you a little bit, we are in the giant Shiva Nararaja remple.

Colors. Chidanbaram

Materials used for rituals in a small temple of Chidanbaram.