We left our shoes at the entrance and moved on within the first wall out of seven. At the end of the shops on the righ-hand side, we bought two tickets for 10 Rs to walk up a roof for a touristic view on the temple complex as non-Hindus are not allowed in the inner sanctum (golden temple) - we could only proceed to the sixth wall.
The temple is dedicated to three gods: Vishnu, Shiva and Krishna. We engaged a temple guide who showed us the 1000 pilar hall, some shrines and explained a lot of the Hindu religion. We got also blessed by a Rama Brahmin and by an elephant. Obviously, we found the elephant blessing more interesting. We handed a coin to the elephant who took it with his trunk, then we bowed and he touched our head (No photos here, but we will entertain you later with a video of this magic moment).
After a little shopping detour, we climbed the 480 steps to the Rockfort Temple which sits high above the city carved in the rock. Before we headed for the top, we relaxed with a Limca drink from the efforts to come so far. From the top we had good view over the city and over the river to the other temple. There we received our third blessing for the day with a white sign on our forehead and a flower.
Blessed so much we finished the day in the church of Our Lady of Lourd that was build more than hundred years ago.
Tomorrow we will take a day off from temples and board a train to Chennai, so stay tuned for more temple pictures from Mamallapuram near Chennai.
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