{"id":7160,"date":"2012-02-09T09:10:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T03:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?p=7160"},"modified":"2012-08-08T18:21:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T12:51:04","slug":"people-of-melukote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/people-of-melukote.html","title":{"rendered":"People of Melukote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Join us on a photography day outing to Melukote on Saturday of Aug 25th, 2012. See details &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Photography in Melukote\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/darter\/melukote-photography\">photography in Melukote<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Melukote has an old-world charm, with its ancient temples, traditionally attired priests and Sanskrit Academy staff, the ageing population left behind by the younger generation that has fled to the cities, the slow pace of life and a generally relaxed atmosphere. Pilgrims and religious activities add to this charm, especially around the large Kalyani surrounded by pillared pavillions.\u00a0Here is a compilation of some photographs made recently during a day-trip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7161\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-1-640x437.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-1-640x437.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-1-900x615.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A girl smiles at the camera, at the small market in front of Cheluvanarayanaswamy Temple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7162\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-2-640x462.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-2-640x462.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7163\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-3.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"498\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A man walking past Cheluvanarayanaswamy Temple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7164\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-4-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-4-640x426.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gang of girls, who shared a short giggly conversation with us at the corridors outside Cheluvanarayanaswamy Temple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7165\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-5.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"514\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A girl looks back impatiently at her mom, who was shouting at her, telling not to go near the water. At Akka-Thangi Kola.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7166\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-6-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-6-640x426.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A girl stares at the camera at Melukote Kalyani.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7167\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-7-640x461.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-7-640x461.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-7.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pilgrims on the steps of Melukote Kalyani.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7168\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-8.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"504\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The evening hour on the streets of Melukote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7171\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-11.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"590\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7172\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-12.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"556\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In conversation with a man, on the streets of Melukote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7170\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-10-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-10-640x426.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-10.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7169\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-9.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7173\" title=\"melukote\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-13-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"melukote\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-13-640x426.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/melukote-13.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the steps leading to Yoganarasimha Temple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on a photography day outing to Melukote on Saturday of Aug 25th, 2012. See details &#8211;\u00a0photography in Melukote. Melukote has an old-world charm, with its ancient temples, traditionally attired priests and Sanskrit Academy staff, the ageing population left behind by the younger generation that has fled to the cities, the slow pace of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[317],"class_list":["post-7160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-essay","tag-melukote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xrJt-1Ru","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7160"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7176,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160\/revisions\/7176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}