Lotus.

Village boy presents real lotuses to Deepak, the city-bred lad who mistook water lilies for lotuses :)

Problem with being a village boy is, combinations of mud and water always appear to be very inviting. We stopped at one of the ponds on the way back from Bylakkuppe to take this picture. (In fact, I think we stopped at every second pond on the way.) The herons and wild ducks protested, but of course we did not have a telephoto lens to take pictures of those beautiful lot.