Melkote temple from a distance
We explored the Melkote Temple, about thirty miles (approx 50 km) outside of Mysore. Maybe I read too much Jungle Book as a kid. This is the sort of temple I’d always imagined in India: old and weathered, lost in the trees and visited by monkeys. Beautiful and well worth the trip!
Melkote Temple behind the palms
stairs to the temple
monkey scratching his head by the temple
monkeys are all over the path to the temple
Melkote temple tank
Cormorant at Melkote Temple Tank
people at the temple tank
call to temple
Melkote Hunuman monkey
Melkote temple statue
temple statue by the tank
Melkote Temple India
Is it really like this. So picturesque.
Yes, South India has so many beautiful temples!