Every full moon, thousands of pilgrims come to Tiruvannamalai, to walk 14 kilometres around a holy mountain. We decided to join them. When we arrived we were not uite sure if full moon really means full moon, and so we did the walk during noon and the afternoon. We were not the only ones, but there were definitely not thousands, and so we thought, maybe the guide book is wrong. But after dinner we realized that full moon really means full moon, and as we like to do things two times anyway, we joined them again. It was amazing. Though still - the Hindu rituals seem quite unusual for a Westerner. People begave more like on a sunday excursion with their families: There is a lot of food, entertainment, people are shouting, laughing and enjoying themselves. With bare feet. As an honour to Shiva the walk has to be done with no shoes on. (we did it bare feet the first time, but not the second)
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