A brightly colored Hindu temple is never far away. They range from a couple of feet tall (the sort which I naively/foolishly/insensitively/unsarcastically asked if were for dogs) to solidly covering acres. The Hindus I've come to know so far are mostly very devout. They visit the temple every morning for prayer, as evidenced by the powdery red or yellow smudge on their foreheads.

This temple is surrounded by ricefields. Rice, too, is always close at hand. It is now some sort of replanting season, so I regularly see people carrying bundles of partially developed riceplants on their heads.