Indian parrot temple: 29-07-2008
Visitors to Indore, central India, can hope to catch a glimpse of the strange and spectacular behavioural patterns of parrots in the city.
Every year, parrots flock to a temple in Indore in their hundreds of thousands to eat sorgam grains left for them by devotees.
Each day, around 100,000 birds descend on the temple to feed.
The tradition has been going on for four decades now, but those keen to snap the scene had better be early risers or risk missing out.
"I come here at around 5.30 in the morning. At around 6, the parrots start eating grains. Within half an hour, the parrots finish eating and return to the place from where from they come," said devotee Satish Aggarwal.
The parrots manage to consume around four or five sacks of grain every day and the process usually lasts for around two hours.
The feeding happens every day for three months and is usually followed by prayers although many come simply to witness the spectacle parrots arriving.