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An assortment of images through mid-December

Images from the recently renovated 17th century palace of Tirumalai Nayack.

Images from a village of potters and sculptors, plus a few...

New images from Agasthiyar Falls and from Trivandrum and Varkala in Kerala.

Images of the lockmakers of Dindigal and of Eid in Madurai.

Wedding of Shanmugaraja Pandiya Iyer, the 32nd descendant of the Velliakundram Zamin, into which we stumbled quite by accident. 

Images of a vilakkapuja (oil-lamp puja) for a small Mariyamman temple in Tallakulam, Madurai neighborhood. 

MG Nagar, Krishnapuram Colony and Meenakshi Bazaar Merchants -- and Ganesh guarded.

Our Mahatma Gandhi Nagar and Krishnapuram Colony neighborhood, plus the house near Katavur Village where we're renting a room.
 

More Madurai -- mostly walking in Mahatma Gandhi Nagar and Krishnapuram Colony with Sekar. 

Finally time to start seeing Madurai...

Gallery 3: Settling In

Visiting villages, choosing Lucy's school, getting settled...

Gallery 2: Arriving in Madurai

Initially staying in the North Gate Hotel in the Goripaliyam section of Madurai, we found a house near the Mahatma Gandhi Nagar bus stand, moved in, and started to get settled.

Gallery 1: Arriving in Delhi

Having departed North Carolina on June 12, we flew to Delhi, staying five days in the guest house of the American Institute of India Studies.