Sorry I couldn't resist the naf title.
Dressed in the red and yellow saris of pilgrims they climb the stairs to one of the inner sanctums at the beautiful Brihadishwara Temple in Thanjavur.
If you come here, come twice: in the morning, when the honey-hued granite asserts its dominance over the white dawn sunshine, and in the evening, when the rocks capture a hot palette of reds, oranges, yellows and pinks. What a place!