I'm a cow and I own the place

And they really do seem to. This was in the grounds of the Sri Chamundeswari Temple near Mysore, but all over India, in villages and sometimes in quite big cities, you come across them roaming the streets, clearly revelling in their time honoured entitlements.

Monkey business

Monkeys are everywhere in India. Don't get too close and they'll leave you alone.











 

They're usually far too busy reading the newspaper, after all. This one is at the Sri Chamundeswari temple on Chamundi Hill.
















Or checking each other out, sometimes rather too closely.