Thanjai Peria Kovil

Kumbakonam - Tanjore

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December 31st 2013
Just back from a trip to Kumbakonam -Tanjore the Temple Town in Tamil Nadu. This is my third trip to the place and every time it’s a new discovery a new dimension that gets added to what little I know about the place. The Very fact that so many big temples are nearby each other heralds the Greatness of its rulers. Each and every temple had a story to say, a story to see. Let me start f ... 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