Temple at Thanjuvar

Big Temple and falling apart Palace

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January 1st 2007
Next stop after Pondi was Thanjuvar. Another temple town that looks like every other town in Tamil Nadu. We ended up arriving very later having been told that the bus took 4 hours when it actually took about 6. Luckily the bus dumped us in the middle of town right next to a comfortable guest house that didn't mind opening up and making some beds at half past midnight. Our only reason for comin ... 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