„You are going to Gokarna? I have a present for you,“ Ditch was handing me a jar of Tiger Balm over the Bar in Agonda. „You are going to need this,“ he explained. „The town smells like shit. Seriously. Too many people there taking too many shits. And the sewers are open.“ He opened the jar and quickly rubbed some balm on his upper lip. „Do the same and you will be fine,“ he winked at me.
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Pictures of Gokarna
Street at the village tank.
Main street. With parked festival car in the corner.
At the entrance to Shri Mahabaleshwar Temple (main temple, the one with ultra-powerful shivalingam).
Washing at the Shri Mahabaleshwar Temple (main temple, the one with ultra-powerful shivalingam)
Pilgrims' jeeps sport orange flags.Ayappa! Ayappa!
Some take the pilgrimage to Gokarna just as a trip with friends. And they might be so drunk they can't even walk – as the lying man in the back.
Women bathe all dressed. They generally do not take part in Sabarimala pilgrimage (women of menstrual age are banned). And they are not manic enough to shave head because of Gokarna's shivalingam.
Drying of saris.
Drying of dhotis.Bathing And Splashing At The Village Tank
