Guardian Deity, Sri Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
A streetcorner cafe in Madurai. The patron at left looks expectantly while the cook at right is pouring batter onto a hot griddle.  Not sure I'd eat here ;-) but it looked popular and cheap.
This boy was so curious about seeing white people that his father held him up for a better look.
A rainbow of wool shawls.
A vendor sells traditional offerings for people to bring to the goddess inside the temple.
Mara was a photographic novelty for this local girl visiting the temple.
This stall sells oil lamps used for prayer.
From a tiny stall Pam selects a shirt design - then a fabric - and the vendor will arrange for it to be cut and sewn (on site) within 2 hours.
Pam and Mara examine bangles at one stall.
Guardian Deity, Sri Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Guardian Deity, Sri Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Guardian Deity, Sri Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
See photo in original gallery.