The living room of the 90 year old house Kanchi Kudil. Very pretty and rustic little home. The women running the place were all smiles and very friendly. The non-pushy type after a day of pushy temple priests. Thanks for the advice on how to deal with them. It may just be best to visit village temples. Alas we are going to Tanjore this weekend to see temples and Chola bronzes. Lots of harassment on the weekend tourism menu. We enjoyed the charm and "quaintness" of the home. My favorite part was the flying bat. As in the Jain temple, this became my fixation. We tried to capture a close-up but the digital camera failed us. Here's the attempt. It was cute have no doubt. Can you see it?
The old kitchen
The old pooja room.
They also had nice tourism souvenirs, sculptures and various other small but tasteful items that I may have purchased some years ago but now consider most things I have collected clutter and unsightly as memories of mistaken purchases. If in Kanchipuram this old house is a must visit.
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Tanjore could be a lot of fun. If you guys need info on what to see, send me an e-mail. I did have your e-mail address from one of the comments about Chola art a while back but that comment seems to have been deleted (a sensible thing to do).
Posted by: shubho | 11/24/2005
Shubho,
Please do forward information about Tanjore, particularly about the better temples andd Chola art, artists that make Chola sculptures, etc. Thank you!
Posted by: iris | 11/24/2005
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