Flowers on Pongal

The Southern Indian harvest festival, Pongal, is known for kite flying and rangoli.  I'm in Hyderabad, but I am staying with a friend/coworker in a quiet neighborhood with fresh air and manicured gardens.  It is refreshing compared to the bustle and polluted city.

rangoli - a traditional decorative folk art of India

Common White Frangipani - one of my favorite flowers in India thus far. 

I'm in Hampi now - just finished some amazing pizza a few minutes ago.  Highlight of today was napping in a shady nook on top of a boulder in between chapters of No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.