At the Big Temple, Thanjavur.
6.25AM. Aperture at f8, 35mm, ISO200.
Sitting down at the edge of the long colonnade and waiting for the sun to hit the right spot. I want a perfect silhouette of the gopuram. A few minutes later, a stream of birds, high up, flying towards the wetlands that ring the town. Egrets and herons mostly. I wonder about the same scene from more than a thousand years ago when the temple was rising up from the ground. The birds possibly following much the same route as they do now. What did they think of the giant intrusion that was coming up in their path? I wonder about these birds. Do they still carry lessons from those that flew before them? What do these birds think of the temple? Do they think about faith? Are they even capable? Do they care? Can they even care? Do I?