Belgaum rest day

After 6 days riding, it was nice to have a rest day. We were in a modern and comfortable hotel on the edge of town.
We walked through a busy shopping district toward the fort. En route, we encountered a religious procession with musicians, elaborately dressed men and an idol on a palenquin carried by four men dressed in white. People were lined up along the street waiting to pay homage. When it was their turn, they poured water on the feet of the nearest bearer, and then placed coconut and flower donations beside the idol. Everybody was in a festive mood, laughing and kidding each other. Respectful, but no church-like solemnity.
When we got inside the fort walls, we were surprised to encounter a very low density residential / institutional neighborhood with a few old temples and a military base. They were small temples, but they provided a first chance to go inside a Jain temple to see the black statues of idols, and the elaborately decorated interior of the dome.
Although the hotel offered a good formal restaurant in air conditioned splendour, we found a well run roof top restaurant next door offering Indian food, and attracting lots of well dressed locals, so we enjoyed a couple of dinners there.