DAILY PHOTO: Adiyogi of Chikballapur

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Photograph of the Adiyogi bust at the Chikballapur Isha Center, near Nandi Hills on the outskirts of Bangalore.

DAILY PHOTO: Agartala Jaganath Mandir

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Photograph of a pink-topped temple in the Shri Jaganath Mandir Temple complex in Agartala, Tripura, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Amarin Plaza Phra Phrom Shrine, Bangkok

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Photograph of a Phra Phrom (Brahma) shrine in the Ratchaprasong area of  Bangkok, Thailand.
Amarin Plaza shrine near Chit Lom Metro Station in Bangkok, Thailand.

DAILY PHOTO: Three Views of the Well at Mul Chowk

Photograph of an ornate well in a courtyard at Mul Chowk in Patan's (Lalitpur's) Durbar Square. Taken from the front.
Photograph of an ornate well in a courtyard at Mul Chowk in Patan's (Lalitpur's) Durbar Square. Taken from the side.
Photograph of an ornate well in a courtyard at Mul Chowk in Patan's (Lalitpur's) Durbar Square. Taken from above.

DAILY PHOTO: Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple

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Photograph of Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple in Karnataka, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Kote Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Mysore

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Photograph of the Kote Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple and Palace Gates in Mysore (Mysuru,) Karnataka, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Scene from Bateshwar Temple Group of Morena

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Photograph of a couple of shrines in the Bateshwar Temple Group of Morena, north of Gwalior, India.

Gods & Monsters [Free Verse]

Photograph of an ornately carved stone block on Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple in Karnataka, India.
the lion wind blows.

all about is rippling chaos,
but for the goddess
who dances in the
furious center,
pausing on one foot
as the dust swirls
in angry spasms.

DAILY PHOTO: Temple Art, Sri Someshwara Swamy Temple

Gate carvings, Sri Someshwara Swamy Mandir, Halasuru, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Temple figure; Sri Someshwara Mandir,  Halasuru, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Gate carvings: SrI Someshwara Swamy Mandir, Halasuru, Karnataka, India.

DAILY PHOTO: A Line of Shrines

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Photograph taken at the Bateshwar Temple Group in Morena, India (north of Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh.