
Today Shaji and Dalila are away at a family celebration.
Our breakfast was a café affair.
Picture taken in the Sri Krishna Café, Fort Cochin

Today Shaji and Dalila are away at a family celebration.
Our breakfast was a café affair.
Picture taken in the Sri Krishna Café, Fort Cochin

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Picture taken in Fort Cochin

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Picture taken in the Halebidu temple complex, Karnataka.

Coming or going..
Picture taken in the temple at Belur, Karnataka.

Revisiting the temples of Halebidu.
I last visited Halebidu almost two years ago.
It is just as fascinating the second time.

“Noli me tangere”
Picture taken beside the garden of Kurisumala Monastery

After None light and shade
Picture of the monk’s refectory taken at Kurisumala Trappist Monastery, Kerala

Seeking darshan.
Picture shows a group of visiting pilgrims taking refreshment in Kurisumala’s refectory

Early morning
Picture taken shortly before six-thirty, in a Fort Cochin lane.

Open-air, nighttime Mass in Fort Cochin

A detail from yesterday’s image re-examined
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“Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.”
From Rabindranath Tagore’s Stray Birds: verse 10.
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The quotation was suggested by S Etole at Just… a moment
This is the original image
Cochin chiaroscuro.
A December evening’s sunlight and shadow.
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Anu makes a final inspection of the roof terrace.
Tomorrow the celebrations begin…
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The games start at seven – just as soon as there’s enough light to play.
Picture taken in Fort Cochin

Chapel lights and shadows
Picture taken in Fort Cochin

The victory of light over darkness.
Happy Diwali!

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Pictures taken in the “Brahmin colony” of Fort Cochin

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Picture taken shortly after sunrise this morning in Fort Cochin.

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Pictures taken in the Church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor.

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Picture taken in the Church of St Anne, beside the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem.