Early the next morning, we drove towards Kodaikanal just over the state borders. Its quite a long drive at all of 5 hours but it's ridiculously picturesque. Set aside time to enjoy it and take enough breaks to make the best of the drive. Streams gurgling over boulders sprinkled over their path, sunrise streaming through… Continue reading A Cool Kodaikanal Christmas
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A winter trip : meeting Munnar
During a winter weekend we decided to search for the cooler parts of the tropical south India- while my colleagues at Canada will pooh-pooh the temperature in winter here, we'll still consider it cold enough! We started off in search of the hills in Munnar through winding roads and waterfalls ever so often making an… Continue reading A winter trip : meeting Munnar
Vellore : Of captive royalty and Gods appearing in dreams
Jalakandeswarar temple, Vellore fort, Vellore museum
Tamil Nadu: Of stops at palatial towns and sunlit courtyards
Athankudi palace, Lord Sunderesawarar and Meenakshi temple
Tamil Nadu : Of abandoned seaside towns and gilded limbs of a God
Thirumayam fort, Satyamurti Perumal temple,Dhanushkodi,Kothandaramaswamy temple
Tamil Nadu: Of a kingly love for books and a whale washed ashore
Saraswati Mahal Library, Art Gallery, Nayak's durbar hall, Arsenal Tower, Tanjore Maratha Palace, Collectorate Museum
Tamil Nadu : Of 16th century granaries and Marathas in Tanjavur
Ramaswamy temple,Sri Palaivana Nathar temple and the Brihadeeshwara temple in Tanjore
Tamil Nadu: Of cleansing holy dips and white elephants
Sri Kampahareshwar temple,Mahamaham tank,Airavateshwara temple,Adi Kumbeshwar Temple
Tamil Nadu : Of still mangroves and the grandeur of the Cholas
Pichavaram. Chidambaram,Gangaikondacholapuram
The temple town of Thiruvannamalai
The temple town of Thiruvannamalai