Temples are not only for solace but also for socialising and meeting people from the community. At the crack of dawn it is a common sight to see early risers like Lungi-clad men on two-wheelers and women draped in bold, colourful saris making a kolam on their porch. This album documents a whole week spent walking through streets where I captured images of temples that the city is obsessively proud of. The presence of a temple is announced from miles away owing to shops selling flowers, garlands and religious paraphernalia. The imposing wood crafted kadavu ushers you into the temples. Whether it is the brightly painted atypical round gopuram of the Kapaleesvarar Temple or the unpainted gopurams of the Soumya Damodar temple or even the narrative ceiling paintings within the Marandeesvarar Temple, whatever you see is abundant in colours and buzzing with activity. I have tried to capture patterns, rich colors, narrative carvings, ornamental roofs, painted ceilings and anything that caught my eye.
