
Many months back, 
nambol, Manju and I visited Belur, Halebidu and Sravanabelgola.  In a big Volvo bus.  The bus belonged to Karnataka Tourism Development Corporation.  It was a conducted tour.  (Please don’t be so smirking, I won’t tour conductedly ever again.)  It was a Sunday.  There were nine others in the bus.  Three of them were little children.  They wailed frequently.
Manju wasn’t married then.  
nambol (certainly) wasn’t in the Amreeka, yet.  I took (exactly) six pictures.  Really.  Really, just like someone that shoots on slide film: with much planning and forethought. ;-)
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