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Photo of the day - Feeding the fish

by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) on Dec 29th 2011 at 6:00PM

Visitors to India know that cows are considered holy and not to be eaten, but in some parts of the southern state of Karnataka, you can cross fish off the menu too. The fish at the Sringeri temple on the banks of the Tunga River are also considered sacred and fishing is banned, though pilgrims and visitors can feed the fish puffed rice. As photographer and Flickr user PointingandShooting notes, all that food can make for some enormous fish!

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Golden Dec 29th 2011 10:58PM

Wow, those are some big fish! It's funny, for the amazing destinations I visit sometimes, like going up the California coastline on vacation and visiting soooo many interesting and famous places, and one of my best memories is pulling over in a roadside park and being mobbed by these little squirrel-creatures who climbed in my lap and begged for my granola bar.

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Altrec Coupon Code Dec 30th 2011 1:34AM

Sringeri temple is well-know in India. And you are right in this way because i have visited there three time and it was a unique experience with fish .
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stevemartin Dec 30th 2011 3:52AM

Sringeri is famous for being the first of the four centres of Advaita philosophy founded by the 9th century saint, Adi Shankara. The presiding deity is Sharadamba, or Saraswati, the Goddess of learning and wisdom.

The town gets its name from the nearby hill, Rishyashringa-giri, believed to be the home of one to one of the chief priests of Lord Rama’s father, Dashratha.

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Javier Blunt Dec 30th 2011 5:26AM

well my rainbow shark stays at the botom of the tank and eat the flakes that fall to the botom of the tank and like some botom feeders he is more active at night.
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belinda kirkman Dec 30th 2011 6:32AM

Please no answers about how I shouldn't feed raw, I did my research on the topic prior to making a decision.
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