The Bull Temple was very interesting. Local people go to worship, and of course there are a few vendors and beggers who are especially persistent to court tourists. A teenager was showing us around, telling us some history about the Nandi temple, but of course at the end he’s asking for money. Nevertheless he told us some interesting things, e.g. there’s a hole on the back of the temple because the lowest caste weren’t allowed into the templ and so they just peeked and prayed through the hole. The locals touch the Bull statue’s right hind leg with both hands, probably for good luck.
I filmed a short video of a Hindu priest blessing a new motorcycle. The priest painted the motorcycle’s “foreheard” with some red dye, and then at the end crashed a coconut into the ground. I loved this temple.
