Saturday, August 11, 2012

Saturday Snapshot: August 11, 2012

It was Krishna Janmashtami (Lord Krishna's Birthday) yesterday. I had gone to Sri Jagannath Temple, Hauz Khas, Delhi. Took some pictures. Posting a few here.....Click on the photos to embiggen....

Look at the flooring

Everyone seems to be taking pictures

Floral cradle for the birth of Lord Krishna

People queuing up for food coupons
Posted for Saturday Snapshot, hosted by Alyce of At Home With books 

28 comments:

Helen's Book Blog said...

I am finally back home and can properly comment on people's blogs again! :-)

That floor is fantastic! What great photos

bermudaonion said...

The flooring is gorgeous!

Rajni said...

Just beautiful! Happy (belated) Krishna Janmashtami. :)

Anonymous said...

Love the pictures and I agree that the flooring is gorgeous!

Cipriano said...

That pavement is unbelievably intricate!
Great pictures.

Louise said...

What interesting pictures. That floor is great, but I like the white of the temple structure too. An intriguing glimpse of another world to mine.

Unknown said...

What a beautiful place, that floor- wow. Hope you had a good time and they had a good birthday!

Brona said...

You're right, the tiles are gorgeous. I'm imaging the hours and days of work to lay such an intricate pattern - beautiful.

Melissa O. said...

I can't imagine how long it must have taken to create that flooring -- beautiful!

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

Love the beautiful photos --especially that floor.

Barbara @ The Healthy Nut said...

Beautiful floor. I love the colors in all your photos!

Lmkazmierczak said...

interesting post...thanks for sharing♫♪

Laurel-Rain Snow said...

Gorgeous! And what a great and festive event....thanks for sharing.

Here's MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

JoAnn said...

The flooring is gorgeous!

BurtonReview said...

Love that floral cradle!

Here is my Snapshot.

Carolyn Wilker said...

Beautiful flooring in that place.

Kailana said...

Great pictures! I love the floor. :)

Alyce said...

So much beauty there! I bet you could spend hours looking at the floor detail.

Karen Harrington said...

Truly lovely. I love the tile mosaics.

Paulita said...

What elaborate decorations. I'm enthralled. I don't think "embiggen" is a word, but it should be. It's so appropriate.Here's Mine

Staci said...

The flooring is amazing!! I love the decorations too!!

Irene said...

What a wonderful celebration.

Esme said...

that floor is magnificent.

Wrighty said...

The floral cradle is beautiful but I agree that the flooring is amazing! I'm not very familiar with this celebration so I really enjoy you sharing your photos with us. :)

Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer said...

I love the floor and the flora cradle was beautiful, thanks for sharing a part of your world with us :)

Leslie (Under My Apple Tree) said...

Wow, like everyone else, I'm in awe of the beautiful floor.

Christine Harding said...

Been away from a week, so I'm catching up. My Saturday Snapshot is at http://goo.gl/a62PX

Your festival looks so colourful, and the floor is amazing.

Meaghan said...

Wow, those look awesome! I love the way the white sculptures look in the background.