Mahalaxmi Temple

I had not sketched for 2 weeks and I was feeling extremely uneasy. With the increased work load in my lab, and my terrible sleep schedule(self inflicted) I was not sure if I would be able to join people for the next sketch walk at Mahalaxmi temple.

Having heard a lot about this place, I was quite excited to go and sketch the temple. So, I pulled an all nighter, slept during the commute and finally reached the place only to be disappointed. Turns out the temple is famous mainly for the devotees and not the architecture or anything that'd involve an artist's interest. So I just sat by the corner of a busy road that led to the temple and started sketching whatever I felt defined a good composition. And here it was:

Near Mahalaxmi temple, 15th Feb

As the rest of the group was heading to see Paul Fernandez's art exhibition, although I was quite interested I chose to go for Kala Ghoda festival. A French lady from the sketch meet up who has been in India since 30 years told me about the deteriorating quality of the festival. So I decided to attend it before it gets even worse. Plus it is my last year in Mumbai. 

South Bombay never stops amusing me, I found an old music store (Rhythm house) which has CDs of Joan Baez! Found a beer shop that claims to have beer from every corner of the world (Yet to go there). Had my favourite chocolate ice-cream while sitting by the lawn of Prince of Wales museum and saw a wonderful art exhibition at Jahangir art gallery.

A nice day!