जय Ganesh

My first kiss by an elephant on Valentines day!

This lady elephant was hanging out inside the temple. In Shiva temples only female elephants are allowed, and in Krishna temples only male elephants. It only makes sense, right?

As usual my camera was my eye, and I was shooting some pics of a man and his little boy. I've quickly discovered that you get into the right crowd here and you might get stuck being their portrait photographer for the rest of the day, which is always a blast of laughter and a glorious experiement of communicating without words. The happy man ran to gather his whole family who beautifully posed for me. When I interact with the people using my camera each face holds such a humble beauty that I will always remember. Then out into the cacophony of noise and traffic and cows!