Vellore

Posting less now as working during the week so revisiting some same places. As our weekends are our own we went to Vellore on Sunday which is about 2 hours away by bus. There are 2 placements within Vellore, 1 in the city of Vellore itself and we are further out within the district, in Alangayam aka Vellore 2. Visited Fort Vellore, one of the most in tact specimens of military architecture in South India, built in the 16th century. Jalakantesvara Temple is inside Fort Vellore and built around the same time. There is also a museum contained within the fort and 2 large field-like areas which groups of people were playing cricket on. Visited the sites and then went for a wander around the shops and some lunch. Got to ride a few tuc-tuc's but as these were the smaller variants we took turns sitting on the side rail and having our asses hang out of the side which is an ... interesting experience.

Back to our working week we went to Battanvattam, a small village outside Nimmiyamputtur. We saw an example done by a previous group of vermicomposting:- process of composting using various worms to create a mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast (worm manure). A family in a house nearby is interested in us making one for them as them have the right resources and it is one of our targets.

Fort Vellore with moat.

Holy Cows! and Jalakantesvara Temple - the larger of the temples which serves as the entrance.

Me in entrance with smaller temple in background.

Stone carvings inside museum.

Spice and flower market maze, Vellore.

Battanvattam, near house with existing vermicomposting. Cotton field on the right.