An ancient evening

there's a Ganesh+Subramanya Swami temple near my home. on my way back from work today, I found a medium sized gathering of people around the temple.

there were groups of men beating drums and dancing (one group were bare chested, wearing white dhotis and another group, wearing something that resembled  tiger skin). and ladies stood in rows, holding rather largish diyas.

and a large elephant stood in front of the temple.

for a few moments, the world felt like a tiny little ancient village.

Happy Sankranthi!