Vegetable Market
Before dinner, we toured the main market in Mysore. It was crowded and lively. There was one area devoted to flowers, and a few stalls selling other items. Unlike other vegetable markets I've been to, each stall seemed to have a specialty -- bananas, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and many more.
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| At least three varieties of bananas are for sale in this part of India. |
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| The original disposable plate: Food is served directly on banana leaves. When dinner is over, the leaves (with any remaining food inside) are folded and put outside for livestock to eat. |
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| Along with onions, tomatoes are a staple of Indian cooking. |
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| Flower garlands for sale. |
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| Rice flour mixed with dyes are used to produce the decorations outside the door to each house. |
Silk
This part of India is a major producer of silk.
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| These men are carrying bales of silkworm cocoons that provide the fiber for silk thread. |
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| The final product: fine silk textiles in a store display window. |
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| After dinner we had a chance to shop for silks. |
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