Meenakshi Temple in Madurai

Madurai மதுரை Meenakshi Amman Temple, Tirumalai Nayak Palace and Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam

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February 5th 2011
Here is 5 day travelogue of our journey around Tamil Nadu. We started in Madurai, the oldest city in Tamil Nadu also known as the Athens of the East. And then on to a lovely traditional wedding in Trichy, Tiruchirapalli, the city of Rock Fort and Temples, Kodaikanal, Ramanathapuram to Rameshwaram, the birth place of Rama and all the way to the Land's End at Dhanushkodi. Day 1: Madurai மது� ... 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