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When the light sinks down to liquid gold And the monsoon clouds reflect the sight; When the birds and beasts return to their fold And there approaches the dark of the night…

The main bus stand (bus terminal!) at Bangalore is called Majestic, after a theatre of that name in the area.

Here are two images from Bandipur that speak for themselves…

This one, again, is not a shot that a good wildlife photographer would choose. It’s a record of an event happening “behind the bushes” in quite a literal sense…the mating display of the Indian peacock.