Our first day in Hampi coincided with the festivals of Sankranti and Pongal. And yes that is cow poo in the middle of the flower below!
From the early morning people flooded into the place to celebrate. We later heard that people had to park as far away as four or five kilometres and then walk in.
There was lots of washing in the river....
Quite often the head is shaved as an offering. This youngster may have had it done before as she sat quite happily through the whole procedure.
We walked up into the hills and we were called over by a big family group who were so friendly. One of the ladies offered us some food and before we knew it we were sat with them and weren't allowed to leave until we had had a full lunch. Most of the food is cooked on site which means cookers and big gas bottles are carried up!!
The mood was even happier than usual and of course we were 'coerced' into taking lots of photos of everyone!!
An amazing day topped off with an amazing sunset....
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