Forced Medical Penis Milking

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 29.4.-2.5.10

On Thursday in Madurai, we visit in the evening part of the Sri Meenakshi Temple, the landmark here. The six-hectare complex is huge! Several halls, shrines, sculptures, a pond and even a "1000-post-museum" part of it. The Ceilings are painted beautiful, colorful mandalas. In every direction rises a huge Gopuram (temple tower) in the sky. These are typical of the Hindu temple here in the south. There are works of art with thousands of small, colorful figures of gods, demons, animals, mythical creatures and many more from our hotel room we can almost touch them, so close we are.

We take part in the nightly held ceremony, in which the lingam (phallic symbol) of Shiva, is carried on a Senft, accompanied by loud music, smoke, many people and finally laid to sleep is. A day in 2,000 years accomplished procession! On Friday
We take part in a Ganesh blessing. That is really quite special, because Ganesh, the elephant god is "personally" present and blesses us with his trunk. We are amazed, as he shares the money in his trunk "storage" and that empties again at his companion. The banana frets land in the mouth and hey presto me nothing you swallowed nothing. We have the feeling that the elephant is happy about the kind donations of more than monetary donations. He does his job very professionally, we notice he has the blessing of exercise ...

After We spied this beautiful temple now in detail and were allowed to witness even a real elephant blessing, we choose two more temple sites, which we have planned to visit and which would not exactly located on the way to omit. At the hotel we being overcome with hunger. We leave Rémy, who has settled at 5 PM with an IDEA-manager who will personally come by at the hotel because our IDEA Internet Stick partout do his work no longer want and that is of course not! When we come back an hour later, Remy is still sitting there, without a computer specialist. A short phone call, new deadline: Today Evening at 9 PM! In the evening we visit the palace a "sound & light" show. We sit at the impressive, with huge white columns surrounded the courtyard and hear (from tape) to the history of the former ruler of Tirumalai. The offered "Show" is within the frame, but it gives her a lot of information. The compiler manager comes naturally and is no longer reachable by phone not ...

Today Saturday is to visit the Gandhi museum announced. The Ritschka we go to the not very centrally located museum. Once there, we see from afar "closed"! You have holiday today and as we look to's date, we will shed light on: 1 May! Is clear that if Biberist "dr schnäuscht Biberist native "and Solothurn to the move, Gandhi also has closed its museum as a social human being ... We do not like it in the planning, we wanted to leave early tomorrow to travel by train and we would like to visit the museum absolutely!
We take the time being to the nearby flower market. According to guide a balancing of colors and scents. It has mountains and bags are full of white jasmine and many other flowers.

Rémy and the guys like this but not sooo impressed, because there is no comparison with the colorful market in Mysore, I like the market anyway. Here in the south Many Indian women wear flowers in their hair every day. This not only looks beautiful but smells, depending on the size of the "arrangement" also always very sweet and beguiling, if we pass this. These little works of art are daily from many nimble hands tied again and again. Madness, as sent flower is attached to bloom and create the most beautiful "flower garlands. When I think of this immense work and at night everything is faded and is thrown away ...

What we also noticed that here in South India, many women with racy, very short short hair There. This is totally used to, but looks extremely well made. Usually Indian women who have their hair very, very long, or at least shoulder length. These women with short hair have been sacrificed her hair to the gods, that they can shave bald and her hair grow back on ...
then brings us to the flower market of Ritschkafahrer yet to fruit and vegetable market. First, we end up in a very specific, narrow alleys, in which all roles are large banana leaves and are carried away by men, of course derern heads.

Will be allocated immediately for us such a role and turned into a comfortable seat. We allow ourselves a chai look interested the hive of activity and some men gathered around us and look very interested to ... We try to communicate something together. There is a good mood. All the way banana leaves are used as a "plate" in the restaurants.

We then stroll through the more fruit and vegetable market, to find our children, those we would have really seen enough of that we can not go back to the hotel and homework can make ...
What we do well, because Remy has an appointment today, so again, you know whom ...
perform this way the children behaved their homework and the meeting comes to the computer manager today really come! Now we are delighted that once again Rémy may eat with us.

On Sunday morning we visit the Gandhi museum now but still!

We have just before it opens there. Item 10 clock is gehiesst the Indian flag, it runs from the Indian national anthem band and the four museum staff are very reverently beside it. But it gets even better! When the music from tape is ready to sing the three (one does not sing with) again a song with many verses. Funny thing is that we hardly hear anything, for the three appear to be a boy born singer ... The museum visit is worth it! It is one of the nicer museums here in India, not shabby, but very well maintained and all well labeled. There is plenty to read for us and the children Rémy translated diligently what happened. The boys are very interested and Sami asks if there are also books in German, because he wants to read about Gandhi, when he is back in Switzerland.
Back in the hotel we get our luggage and take the same "driver" to the bus station. Yes, that is with the train operator now nothing because the drive today only in the morning and at dusk. Louis takes it easy than it once was, because the track is more or less straight ... We have a nice bus and drive almost exclusively on a highway topneuen!

The landscape here in Tamil Nadu is beautiful. The fields are all arranged and in between we see fields that glow bright green. Also, it has always huge boulders and small hills, which protrude from the fields. A very varied and interesting ride. Amazingly, we are shortly before 4 PM in Trichy, ie in less than three hours drive. The first time we arrive earlier than expected.
(Claudia)