Sri Meenakshi Gopurams

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May 10th 2006
Yep, arrived in the evening one night and left the next! Journey from Munnar to Madurai was very impressive, didn't take any pics from the bus though, which I really regret! Came to see the Sri Meenakshi temple, another wife of the god Shiva, according to LP it''s a spectacular pastiche of Dravidian architecture!! Which it was! It's massive (6 hectares) with 12 decorated gopurams (big t ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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Jon Marshall

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So this is it...I've decided to go travelling again....ok all it's going to be a bit less than the 2 year marathon last time. But it's still going to be as great and to a place that facinates me! Cheers to all the bloggers on this site who have given me inspiration and hopefully I'll be up to keeping the journal up to date...so, since the last time I was travelling this new fangled blog stuff as taken off...and with no doubt the odd time when I'll be stepping into a t'interweb cafe to escape temple fatigue I'll be able to update everyone about my 3 month stint away. Happy reading! Just g... full info

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