Festivals-- Pongal and Republic Day

There are three pictures are all from Pongal, the harvest festival celebrated here by flying kites. All across the city families were flying kites; we went to the Husain Sagar, the large lake in Hyderabad, to see the action. There were people alllll over flying their kites, and lots of boothes set up with food and stuff for the festival. One of the pictures is just a view of the city from the lake-- it's so pretty down there!

The middle one is a picture of the flag pole and flag that we flew outside of the SIP Guest House (where I live) for Republic Day, January 26. Setups like this were all over the city when we went out into town that day. The entire entrance to the Guest House was decorated with vibrant colors of crepe paper, and all the employees at the Guest House had little Indian flags pinned on their shirts.

The top picture was taken on our third floor roof. Every evening if you go outside on the porch you can see the most gorgeous sunsets ever. We watch them almost every day, but this was the first time I actually remembered to bring my camera out!