Yesterday I took a tuktuk into Coonoor with some yoga friends to pick up some items from town and and happened to run into the Lord Ayyapan festival, a yearly event which was a total surprise to us.Lord Ayyapan is the offspring of Vishnu and Shiva. I would tell you more but the tale is so complex it will make you cross eyed...it involves murder, changing to the opposite sex, etc.
Anyway, the streets were filled with dancers, young girls lined up with offerings to give to the spirit of Lord Appayan. The trays they held contained dal (a lentil dish), rice, jaggery (sugar), and a candle. The girls giggled when I took a pic of their offerings. Behind the dancers and the line of girls paraded a majestic blinged out elephant! 4 men rode on top of the elephant as it moved through the streets...an amazing sight.
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