Dinner Time

Madurai

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January 6th 2011
Madurai is my last stop before I head back to the London winter. Madurai, widely known as The Temple City is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the Indian peninsula, dating back 2500 years. It's centrepiece is the Hindu Meenakshi-Sundareswarar Temple, which towers over the city. I spent my last train journey in their old fashioned First Class compartment, which is basically th ... 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