A hungry calf.

Some cows waiting to be milked.

Some village girls doing their homework.

As I was leaving Shesham's Lassi and Homemade Ice Cream Shop, a couple of fruit vendors asked me to take their picture.

A boy walking home from school.

A village by the side of the Adyar River.

Krishna Auto Parts

Bhuddhist monks shopping for fruit in T. Nagar.

Crowded steps at the T. Nagar train platform.

Santa Claus doing his Christmas shopping in T. Nagar, the shopping district of Chennai.

A potted plant being utilized as a road hazard warning. Large stones are also frequently used for that purpose.

The guesthouse lease was up and I had to move to an apartment in Velachery. This was the flooded street outside the apartment complex a couple of weeks ago. It's dry now.

Several severe storms hit Chennai this year after a four year drought. Many lost their homes adding to the toll of the tsunami.

The Mahaganapathy Temple in Besant Nagar, Chennai.

A bull resting after a hard day of hauling sand.

Shooting a movie on location in Besant Nagar, Chennai. Chennai is the the film capital of southern India.

One of the many mini-temples found around the city.

School kids waiting for the bus in Besant Nagar, Chennai.

They have modern school buses in Chennai (for the more well-to-do schools) but I'm sure taking the rickshaw bus is a lot more fun! This picture was taken on a school holiday (Diwali) so the driver is getting a well deserved rest.

Neighborhood cows near ISKCON Chennai peacefully grazing.

The Deities in Baltimore (my hometown)---whom I miss greatly.

The sun coming up on Elliot's Beach (a short walk from the guesthouse).

Govinda and Tulsi Devi on the roof of the ISKCON Chennai Temple.

The temple room at ISKCON Chennai.

Only the middle and upper-class have running water--everyone else has to fill pots from the town hand-pumps.

Typical streetside fruit stand (Adyar, Chennai).

Construction site of the new ISKCON Chennai Temple---picture taken from the porch of the present temple (right outside the temple room)

Pebble Beach--one of the peaceful uncrowded beaches in the southern area of Chennai.

The changing face of Chennai, once a very conservative and traditional city---now, "All my senses want me to do it."

Pictures of Krishna and Krishna's Holy name are everywhere in Chennai 

The Kapaleeswara Temple in Mylapore, Chennai

The Sri Parthasarathy Swami Temple in Chennai

Another gateway to the Sri Parthasarathy Swami Temple

One of the gateways to the Sri Parthasarathy Swami Temple in Chennai.

The guesthouse I am staying at in Besant Nagar---just a five minute walk to the beach.

One of my classes at the BPO.

Pujari performing puja to Sri Sri Rukmini Krishna Sathyabhama 

The Deities at the ISKCON Temple 

Murti of Srila Prabhupada at the ISKCON temple

Some local kids on the inner road to the ISKCON temple

Gate to ISKCON Chennai

Entrance to a park in Golden Beach, Chennai