Chickpet

Explored a shopping district of Bangalore called Chickpet with visiting Sue and Bree. We had fun getting lost 'cause the place was a mad house!! Luckily we had been forewarned so we were not taken by surprise. We were there for hours and only saw a few blocks.

I thought Commercial Street was crazy but it ain't got nothin' on Chickpet

Sidewalks? Or just open trench covers?

A group of Rickshaw Drivers found Sue very interesting

A darling vendor who sold Maharaja hats among other things, today was his lucky day because Sue bought about 7 of them

Ornate temple off Avenue Road in Chickpet

Nice doorway

H A N U M A N!!

Temple

We went to Laxmi Silks and were shown lots and lots of sarees - ranging from Rps. 400/ to Rps. 2,500/ they said their stock goes up to Rps. 15,000/ ($30,000) most of their sarees are pure silk.
The one I'm playing with in this photo is an instant saree - the skirt is already put together with pleats and underskirt you just hook the pieces together - took just a few seconds to put on

Then the rain came...

and came...

and wouldn't stop coming...

until the roads became rivers and we were soaked to the bone.