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A guide was again included here to explain the Group of Monuments of Mahabalipuram. How wiki describes the monuments as a group - The site has 40 ancient monuments and Hindu temples,including one of the largest open-air rock reliefs in the world: the Descent of the Ganges or Arjuna's Penance...

As with everywhere else we’d stayed, the room was ready and uniform man took us up. Great sized room and this was the smallest (of course). It had a nice view of the carpark and the buses parked on the road outside. It just looked a bit worn. This was strange, as we looked it up and the hotel...

Day 10: Puducherry to Mahabalipuram, 05.01 What the itinerary says - After breakfast, drive to Mahabalipuram. The city is famous thanks to its seven pagodas. On the local waterfront there is a group of ancients from the 7th century, carved in rock caves and monolithic sanctuaries representing...

Yeah. We could not care less and have found the displays more amusing than anything else. We are not Christmas people.

and then it was off on our 'tour'. We should have looked at this as we were not the slightest bit interested in walking into an ashram. How odd. All of these people trying to find their inner selves and a bunch of tourists wandering quietly in. Just weird. Then to a very crowded temple where...

On the road to Puducherry Lots of rice being harvested and into Puducherry and the Bull Boutique Hotel. Great location in the first block of White Town. This place looks great in pictures and is actually ok in reality, but, as we were checking in I could see the room type booked by...

Day 9: Puducherry, 04.01 Itinerary Visit the capital of the former French colony, the Sri Aurobindo ashram and the temple of the god Ganesha where you can see not only various rituals and representations of the god Ganesha but also a live elephant who blesses the people visiting the temple...

and some more the full moon rising made it even more special they think this is Marco Polo truly an amazing place even for avowed aetheists like we are, it was very spritually moving back to the noisiest hotel in the known universe for dinner there's a bus station diagonally across...

boys out playing cricket in the fading light then a stop at a 10th generation bronze making business. It was actually very interesting. They us the lost wax technique and each bronze statue made is unique - melt bees wax and tree resin together and cool it to make the model. This is covered...

Raj our guide was waiting for us when we came down at 4.30. It was this late so we'd see the temple at dusk and dark. What Google AI says about the palace. There was no way I could keep up with what Raj was telling us The Tanjore Palace Complex, also known as the Thanjavur Maratha Palace or...

Thanjavur/Tanjore is famous for two very amazing sites. The Tanjore palace, and the temples (of which there are actually quite a few but one maine one). We were visiting both the palace and the Brihadeeswarar Temple with a guide, included in our tour. Entering Thanjavur and the temple First...

Day 8: Tanjor, 03.01 What the itinerary said we were doing Travel to Tanjor, where we will visit a set of unique temples that are on the UNESCO list. There is a sanctuary, which is covered by a monolithic dome built of a single block of granite weighing 80 tons, which was pulled to the top of...

I waved to you. Didn't you see me ;)

Once we eventually found the car hiding down on the lowest level, it was back to the hotel for a cheeky vodka before 7:30 dinner across at the other Astoria Hotel Hotels in Madurai | Madurai Hotels | List of Hotels in Madurai | Budget Hotels | Business Class hotel in Madurai. Ignore the...

Then to Meenakshmi Temple. The traffin Madurai. Yikes!! First issue was parking. Entry road was closed so we dived back into the maelstrom that is traffic in Madurai and went around a very long block. When we got back to the carpark entrance they’d re-opened access from the bloody road and...

We didn’t leave to see the sights of Manjore until 3.30. First stop the Thirumalai Nayak Mahal. Dropped off outside and INR50 each for entry. A stunning piece of architecture dating back to the early 17th century. Massive pillars, stucco work and a huge courtyard. Quite spectacular. Lunch and...

Somewhere along the way we drive for kilometres beside a large windfarm. Into another town and this appeared behind us and then passed us in the traffic. It's a hearse Stopped for a coffee and coke for Sunil. We tried the Nattuchakkarai and it was delicious, pretty much like everything we'd...

Day 7: Kumily to Madurai, 02.01, What the itinerary says we’ll be doing - After breakfast, drive to Madurai. Visit famous Meenakshi Temple - a complex dedicated to Shiva and his wife, which is characterized by a wealth of sculptures and decorations, and a multitude of pillars. Visiting...

I had one my first breakfast at the Taj and have had a couple since. Delicious!!

we had dinner across the road at Grill&Grove and it was delicious. We'd tried to get in on NYE but it was full I'm not doing real well with food pictures. It's often gone before I think about it. We had Al Faham Mandi, some bread and pineapple lassis. Excellent Then we went back and had beer...