Dickheads

[skthewimp]

I don't understand why most temples ban photography inside the premises. I mean there are so many strong things that are there inside temples that are "capture-able" that it's almost criminal that photography is banned. My mom says the ban is so that unscrupulous elements don't take pictures and then distort them. If this is the reason, then I

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the reason

[coolshankin]

from what i have heard, flash from the camera can damage the rock in a long run. much like car paint getting faded away as they stand directly under the sun.the process, of course, take hundreds of years, but that exactly the thing they want to avoid ....

i am myself not sure sure about reasoning ... the exteriorof the temple has long exposure to sun anyway.

Re: the reason

[skthewimp]

i think it's bullcrap
the flash reason

[skthewimp]

yeah i read this argument recently - that the lingam may not be phallic after all

maybe the guys who designed them at the Kalasa temple, etc. thought the same

[ext_99561]

is the title by any chance an intended pun? :) good post! during the last trip to madras, and to some of the temples down south, I wondered that it would really be nice if we were allowed to take pictures... like you've mentioned, there is so much to be captured.

oh well..

[skthewimp]

is the title by any chance an intended pun?

you are very clever i must tell you