Dress and Conduct in the Jain Temples

A carved stone temple spire with garlands and oil lamps at its steps

What to wear and how to behave inside the Jain temples — the leather rule, the dress line, the photography boundaries and the quiet that visitors owe.

Gadisar at Dusk: The Lamp-Lit Hour

A stone-banked lake with ornate arched ghats and an old ticket arch

The evening hour at Gadisar — the lamps on the ghats, the temple silhouettes and why the lake’s second-best hour is worth staying for.