I took an early morning walk to Meenakshi Temple before it got too crowded (they say thousands of Hindus visit every day). It was disappointing to see all gopurams (tower gates) all covered up due to repainting. These are the biggest, most sculpture filled, and brightest colored gopurams in India, and the most famous thing in the city, but I couldn’t see them. Someone told me it takes two years to restore the gateways and it is only about two months from being finished.
Back near my hotel, a tailor that found me yesterday found me again on the street. I finally agreed to seeing his shop. He said he can make me a custom fit shirt within one hour. It seemed like he wanted my business a little too bad and I didn’t really like the sample shirts he showed me. I turned him down.