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The Song of the Self — real places & people

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A companion · A photo wiki for travellers and curious readers. The Gita's question — who acts, and for whom? — was asked on real Indian ground. These are the temples and rivers it still echoes through. Read online · All place wikis

Places of awe — the Gita's India

Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur — Chola scale at noon.

Brihadisvara Temple during Maha Shivaratri.
Brihadisvara Temple during Maha Shivaratri.

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Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram — stone grammar older than the textbook.

Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple.
Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple.

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Mahabalipuram shore temple — the sea the shore remembers.

Mamallapuram Shore Temple.
Mamallapuram Shore Temple.

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Ellora, Kailasa — duty carved downward from living rock.

Kailasa temple courtyard, Ellora.
Kailasa temple courtyard, Ellora.

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Peoples, in their own dress

Bharatanatyam — the body as scripture.

Bharatanatyam performance.
Bharatanatyam performance.

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Kanchipuram silk weaver — hand on the loom.

Silk weaving hand loom, Kanchipuram.
Silk weaving hand loom, Kanchipuram.

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