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Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram December 20th 2019

16th Dec 2019 My last destination was Thiruvannamalai in Tamilnadu. My next destination today is Chidambaram, another temple town. I reached the Thiruvannamalai bus stand by 5.30 am. The distance between Thiruvannamalai and Chidambaram is 137 km. I did not get a direct bus, so decided to take the bus to the nearest destination that of Chidambaram. Got the bus to Kadalur by 5.45 am, this goes via Panduritty from where I can get a bus to Chidambaram. Reached Panduritty by 8.20 am bus charge was Rs 57. Got a bus to Chidambaram by 8.45 am bus charge Rs 55. The bus goes by Neyveli (Famous for Neyveli Lignite factory) and Vadalur. Reached Chidambaram by 10.25 am. Checked into the Hotel and reached Thillai Nataraja temple, by 12.45 pm. To my luck, the temple was not ... read more
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Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram January 11th 2014

Preparation for the tour Actually I never had known about Pichavaram till a couple of weeks before I visited the place. I had only known that there are many places for backwater boating in Kerala. But while preparing for my Chidambaram visit I read about Pichavaram backwater boating in some blogs. I saw some pictures of the place. It looked quite interesting to me and I decided to go there. img=https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hd2S0QG-EDY/UqSUrXFkz8I/AAAAAAAAK5Y/iM0_iH3N2kM/w702-h527-no/umakant-mishra-picchavaram-1513.jpg However I had some fears too. First fear was the obvious risks involved in boating and particularly in forest-like environments. Pichavaram is the second largest mangrove forest in India and spreads over several kilometers. It is quite natural to encounter snakes and other dangerous creatures in such places. Besides I read in many blogs that the ... read more

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram January 11th 2014

About Chidambaram Chidambaram is about 78 Kilometers from Pondichery, 160 Km from Trichy, 50 Kms from Cuddalore, and 360 Kms from Bangalore. NH 45A passes through Chidambaram. Chidambaram is famous for Nataraj Temple, Chidambaram is another name of Lord Shiba. In this place Lord Shiba is worshiped as Nataraj, which is also another name of Lord Shiba. Inside the main temple of Chidambaram, Lord Nataraj (Shiba) and Lord Gobindaraj (Vishnu) are placed close to each other. Besides there are separate temples for Lord Ganesh and Lord Kartikeya (Murugan) in the temple premises. About half km from the main temple of Chidambaram on north side there is Thillai Kaali Amma temple (below). Kaali is believed to be the wife of Lord Shiba and Thillai Kaali Amma is believed to be dancing together with Lord Nataraj. img=https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EHsEk-NYW94/UqSJsc_aiEI/AAAAAAAAKxE/vG... read more

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram September 22nd 2013

Started our journey from Coimbatore in the morning after breakfast from the hotel where we stayed overnight. It was around 160 km to Salem andfrom there 180 km to Chidambaram. The sky was cloudy as it was raining the day before in Kerala. In September mid the rainfall was not unusual in TN also. Mid way we found a nice veg cafe at Avinashi on the highway side. We had some tea and snacks there and continued our travel. The sky was clear then, which also en-lighted our enthusiasm! We reached Chidambaram by 2.00 pm and proceeded to Hotel Shardaram for checkin. It’s a decent hotel near town bus station and you will get a good AC double room in the range 1500/- bucks. Had our lunch at their restaurant on the ground floor. Without sparing ... read more
Salem to Chidambaram
Watch tower - Pichavaram
Boating place - Pichavaram

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram January 27th 2013

Les gens sont tres gentils, ils retournent volontairement nos sourires et nous avons toujours la cote avec eux car ils veulent souvent se faire photografier avec nous. Les routes dans Tamil Nadu sont assez bonnes, verdoyantes, voutees par des grands, vieux arbres. Elles traversent des risieres et des cours d'eau, passent a cote des etangs aux lotus fuchsia et des villages pauvres avec des maisons couvertes de toits de pailles. Les deplacements ne sont pas toujours aussi "excitantes" que notre premier volet, car par apres on a eu des chauffeurs tres prudents. PONDICHERRY Heureusement la ville n'est pas aussi "francaise" que je la craignais. Nous habitions la partie tamoul, dans une residence tres propre sur une petite rue tranquille. Tout est facile d'acces a pied. En arrivant, Huguette a eu l'inspiration divine de nous conduire vers ... read more
Pondicherry - eglise Sacre-Coeur
Chidambaram - cour du temple Shiva
Chidambaram - cour du temple

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram May 4th 2010

Chidambaram est un endroit spirituel où on y retrouve de magnifiques temples qui ont été construits au 16e siècle... Le temple le plus attrayant se nomme Nataraja Temple et est très impressionnant. On y retrouve quatres entrées comme la majorité des temples qui se retrouvent dans le Tamil Nadu. À chacune des entrées, on retrouve une gate qui est très élevé avec plein de figurine qui ont été taillés dans la pierre… Nous sommes arrivés au temple au environ de 4hrs pm pour y passer environ 3hrs. Ce qui nous a permis de profiter du coucher de soleil. Nous avons relaxé en jasant et regardant les jeunes enfants indiens qui jouaient à proximité de nous. Nous avons par la suite mangé un bon repas typiquement indien. Le lendemain matin, nous étions déjà en chemin pour une ... read more
La gate principale
Belle statue
Almost look reel...

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram October 24th 2008

Hello again, well I am now a day off 2 months behind on my blog, I have a lot of catch up to do! Luckily I have a few mammoth train journeys over the next 3 weeks so will see if I can catch it all up, very doubtful I know! Here is my 5th offering... 24th October 2008 Blog Number Five - a day in an Indian Siesta Chidambaram So after a couple of days 'stranded' in Pondicherry we decided to take a day trip to the town of Chidambaram, famous for Nataraja, a temple complex that is one of the holiest Shiva sites in South India. We started out bright and early had a great buffet breakfast and headed up to the bus station. All the signs for the buses were in Hindi so ... read more
More interested in the poo!
The Smiley Family
Fire Ceremony

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram August 5th 2008

Inmiddels alweer teveel gebeurd om op te noemen. zijn dus inmiddels (arthur en ik) naar een plaats gegaan waar zo'n beetje niemand ooit een blank persoon heeft gezien, levert erg grappige dingen op (mensen die zelfs de buchauffeur toejuichen omdat hij ons in de bus heeft zitten. op zich nog knap dat ze ons kunnen ontdekken: tijdens het merendeel van de reizen hangt de helft van de passagiers ergens buiten omdat er binnen geen plaats meer is. maar voor ons wordt goed gezorgd hoor! inmiddels tactisch proberen te brengen dat drie megavolle avondmaaltijden ("s ochtends, 'smiddags en 's avonds) toch iets teveel van het goede is, dus 's ochtends staan er inmiddels boterhammen klaar, naja, lijkt in ieder geval op een boterham..is niet de alison versie van de AH.. zijn nu een week met het project ... read more
m'n maatje
Mammalapuram
Dutch girls in town!!!

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram January 12th 2007

A Chidambaram se trouve le temple de Shiva datant de la fin de la dynastie Chola (1310). Le temple serait agreable a visiter s'il n'y avait une horde de moines ventripotents, armes de portables, qui ne cessent de vous harceler a l'interieur des temples pour vous faire signer un cahier avec votre nom, pays d'origine et bien sur le montant que vous allez leur laisser !!! Montant d'ailleurs qu'ils ne vous laissent pas inscrire, c'est pour ca que vous pouvez lire des sommes astronomiques !!! Ayant refuse notre donation qu'ils jugeaient trop petite, nous sommes repartis sans rien leur laisser, ils ont ete assez surpris, s'attendant a ce qu'on flechisse. Pour la petite histoire, ce cahier ne contenaient que des noms etrangers, ils n'harcelent evidemment pas les indiens ! ... read more
facade d'un petit temple
porte vue de l'interieur
statue

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Chidambaram May 8th 2006

10 km outside of Pondicherry lies the community of Auroville. This Trippy Hippy settlement is mainly made up of French and German spiritualists (read ‘lost tourists) looking for enlightenment. I went seeking my own holy grail … I was still looking for a beach. The commune was set up in 1968 by Sri Aurbindo – A UK educated Indian who preached the importance of Independence and spiritual unity. With ‘the Mother’ he returned to India and set up a community (not unlike a kibbutz) so that “there should be somewhere on earth that no one can claim as property”. Auroville forms a 15km or so circle and right in the centre next to a Banyan tree lives its spiritual heart – The Matrimandir. Its secrets are privy only to those staying within the community. As a ... read more
Auroville
drinking tea
on the bus




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