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Finally!! Little India Street!!

We've reached our destination... YEAH!!  XD

Below are a few pictures we took when we first arrived there... :)

The first thing we noticed when we arrived at Little India...

The fountain and an unfamiliar monument...

Unfortunately, the picture was taken at a wrong angle... :(

We were blocked by a tree... noooo....

forgive us for our awful photography skill... 

A closer shot of the fountain...

B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L

I love how the elements of the Indian cultures are applied to the design of the fountain...

and the detailing of it as well... 

For your info, those peacock sculptures on the fountains are actually a symbol of India... It is actually the national bird of India itself... Peacocks are large and majestic birds of the Indian-Asian region... Besides, the people in India believe that whenever the cock spread it's tails in an ornamental fashion, it indicates that rain will come soon. In a way, it is quite true... At the sight of dark clouds, the bird will outspread it's tails and starts dancing in a rhythmic fashion...

As for the elephant sculptures, those are actually a part of the hindu religious symbol or gods. The Hindus have worship the elephants for many centuries.... When the hindus worship the elephant, it actually represents their obedience to  the Hindu god known as dharma... O_O

And here is the central of Little India!!

As you can see, there are many high rise building surrounding the Little India street...

*drumroll*

FINALLY!! 

A way better shot compare to the first picture!!..

I guess my skill isn't that bad after all...

 It just needs a little polishing, thats all :D haha... 

Anyway, here is a picture of the monument and fountain from across the road...

From the picture, you can also see the landscape design surrounding them... :)

NicE... 

Awesome way of decorating the street with the beautiful pillars...

Aside from that, the transparent sheet of plastic tied to the roof and pillars actually acts as shelter for the people walking along the sidewalk from the rain...

As you all know, Malaysia is a tropical country...

Hence, the sheet of plastic used is a great way of shelter without the need of carrying an umbrella or even worry about one when u shop...

It is not only convenient for the people but cost saving as well!... ;)

The beautiful pillars aligned in a simple and neat way...

Love the detailing on the pillars too... :)

It is indeed a unique way to decorate the street...and act as a great partition between the sidewalk and the road as well...

Even so, there are still people who just dont get it... sigh~ 

While I was snapping some pictures along the walkway, I was stunned when i suddenly heard the sound of a motorcycle heading my way... Thank God I managed to avoid it in time...

Well..., that's something you dont get to see everyday... 

Surprisingly, this is actually a restaurant...

At first, I thought it was a shop that sold those vintage, retro kind of stuff...

As you can see, it has a unique structure and design to the building...sort of like an arabic design to it...

This is the front view of the restaurant just now...

love the curve-like balcony...

Inside the restaurant, there's also an interesting carving design on the ceiling...

This reminded me of a decoration where the Hindus would use rice grains of different colors to create a 'Rangoli' or known as 'Kolam' on the floors of living rooms and courtyards during festivals like Deepavali or Diwali... 

Based on the Hindus belief, it is meant to be a sacred welcoming area for the Hindu deities...