After a long (seemed longeST) break of 3 weeks, I had some work for P&G... visiting homes in Tumkur and Mandya and watching men shave - actually not too bad, was fun. Especially the part of accompanying a Chinese, a French and an Indian.
One interview was at this house which shares the wall and the roof with a temple for Nandi, built in 1540 AD. So unassuming and quiet. The temple is still maintained well and kept alive. What's interesting is the ancient drum in the temple, which has been mechanised and modernized to produce a grand woofer effect that can well be heard 5 roads away!
Watch and hear Tumkur's drummer boy!
If this were the Europe or the US (though I doubt whether American history is that old), the spot would be a major tourist attraction, and Tumkur would be on the spotlight.
