The calm village

Waking up to the second day, we all got ready, had breakfast and were set to go. We went to Anegundi village. The moment I stepped out of the autorikshaw I saw this chariot made of wood which caught my attention. But before I could go near it and take pictures we went to “rangnath temple” which was right in front of that chariot. The temple inside had many paintings of different gods and goddesses which were attractive and colorful specially after visiting hampi.  Here we all met this small kid who would give us flowers and then ask for money. He would also go about telling the story of the temple and again ask for the money. The interesting part came when one of the group members gave him a packet of biscuits and he refused to take it, instead he asked for a pencil. This came as a surprise and made us wander why he asked for pencil when he was getting biscuits or even money.

As we moved from there we went to a fort which kind of became a photoshoot location for us because of its broken doors, light penetrating from the carved windows, broken pieces of glass and other garbage and the spiral staircase that lead us to the top of the fort. Walking towards the other parts of this village we met these two ladies who were sorting the banana fibers which later would be used to make bags and baskets.

One thing that remained constant throughout our journey through this village was the silence and calmness that one could feel. This calmness was also felt by the color and arrangement of the spaces and houses in here. We went further exploring more about the village and came across a house which had wooden interiors. This was a really different view compared to the small houses and it made me stand there for a while and just admire the house as much as I could see from the gates. Later on I got to know that this house belonged to the descendant of the king’s family and no wonder why it had all the royalty in its carving.

 We moved further to have our lunch. This was the first time I had a proper lunch on a banana leaf and it was interesting to know how you fold the leaf and dispose it once you finish your food. Post lunch we headed back to our resort and called it a day. Since now we had seen two different places which were still connected to each other, it was time for us to decide what aspect of this course and this place we wanted to study. As usual we met for the evening snacks had a round of discussions. I decided to work on architectural aspect of hampi because on the first day I could draw patterns in terms of arrangement and architecture of temples in hampi. Thus from now on I’d like to focus on finding patterns in the structures I see. This way the second day also ended.