Sunrise is over and time to walk along the streets watching Hyderabad wakeup.
Loaded with watermelons. Look at the burlap sling under the center bar and the bag of fruit hanging from the handlebars.
Hmm - as I was walking along - this little girl appeared all painted with colorful powder. Later I learned that this was Holi, Dhuli Vandana a festival where people threw colored power and colored water at each other. I was not the victim of throwing but was the target of a bit of painting (below). The festival starts the day after the full moon and since yesterday was the super full moon (see earlier photos) - would be a super festival
Another view
Mosque tower
These guys were carrying some sort of gas light thing
Closer photo
Motorcycle for 5 - My record is 6 in Cambodia
Ladies in white
More Holi players
At the temple, I was invited in and these guys painted my face (below). I did not know what to expect, but when discovering another culture, it helps to actually try to participate
Sprinkling colored powder
Temple statues with colored powder
One of the presentations
Outside a table
The colorful temple
Its located in the middle of an intersection
Flags
Holi painted ladies
with smiles
These guys stopped - and decided to add to my colorful face
A bit of grandstanding
Here is my team with bags of colored powder (it actually washed out of my shirt)
And me
Columns
Morning street
Riding the auto to Charminar
Following traffic
Weaving in and out of traffic
Bicycle of grass
Gate of Charminar
Fresh fruit
Lots of fruit stalls just beside the Charminar gate
Then my camera battery died
C. Frank Starmer