Diwali (Madurai)

For Diwali, the festival of lights, I was invited to Madurai. Traditionally on Diwali everybody get new clothes, so the days bewfore and Diwali itself the city is full of crowds buying stuff. That also includes loads of firecrackers as everybody wants to join in lighting firecrackers.

Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu
Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu
Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu
Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu	Chengalpattu
Chengalpattu	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Chitras sister and Papa	Papa	Papa	Chitras mother and Papa
Chitra and Papa	Papa and Tambi	Papa and Tambi	Papa and Tambi
Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai Menakshi south gopuram	Madurai Menakshi south gopuram	Madurai Menakshi south gopuram	Madurai Menakshi south gopuram
Madurai Menakshi south gopuram	Madurai Menakshi south gopuram	Madurai Menakshi south gopuram	Snacks
Snacks	Snacks	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center	Madurai center
Madurai center	Madurai center	Auto Cars are very big. Really...	Auto Cars are very big. Really...
Auto Cars are very big. Really...	pattern for Diwali	Papa	Papa
Papa	Einlegearbeit	Einlegearbeit	Wood carving by Chitras father(?)
Fireworks in front of the house	Portrait of Chitra	Portrait of Chitra	Brownie
Portrait of Chitra	Portrait of Chitra	Portrait of Chitra	Portrait of Chitra
back in Chengalpattu	back in Chengalpattu	back in Chengalpattu	back in Chengalpattu
back in Chengalpattu	back in Chengalpattu	back in Chengalpattu