I took a walk up to the Galta monkey palace east of Jaipur this morning. It's quite a remarkable place, full of sadhus and, as the name suggests, monkeys. LOTS of them. I handed out a few oranges that I bought in the market. I'm not usually a fan of feeding wild animals, but in this case the monkey population has been used to close contact with humans for many hundreds of years. Feeding them is a local custom thought to please the hindu monkey god Hanuman, and bring good luck.
I move on to Pushkar tomorrow... into the desert.
Monkeys
2 comments:
Rance,
I think its funny that people swarmed you begging for money and food, while the monkey seemed very polite, calmly taking the orange from your hand.
Good luck in the desert! I'm on my way home - done finals and heading for the snow! I can't wait!!
Matt,
The monkeys look adorable.
Glad to hear your trip is treating you well. I have one final left and soon I fly back up North!! I’m pretty excited.
You have a Merry Christmas!!
Katherine
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