This morning, two other shala students and I took a rickshaw to the base of Chamundi Hill, on the outskirts of Mysore. We walked up the moderately steep steps to the Hindu temple at the top. Partway up is the bull shown in the video below, which was being decorated for the day with garlands. I don't know if the man is a priest or just a devotee of Nandi, who is Shiva's bull.
At the top of the hill is a temple devoted to Chamundi, a goddess who slayed a demon. It was quite a scene there, particularly when one of the monkeys stole a coconut from the offering basket we were carrying into the temple.
Afterward, we had breakfast at a downtown hotel, and stopped at the house of the "three sisters," who are apparently well-known to some shala students of the past. It was my first foray into downtown Mysore; quite an experience after the (relative) peacefulness Gokulam, the suburb where the shala is located.
Here's a short video of a priest decorating the Nandi bull (Shiva's bull) on the 1000 Steps ascent to the temple on top.
Cheers.
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