Gandhi Museum - Madurai

Madurai , Tamil Nadu, India
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    The Tip of India

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    Hello all,

    so from Trichy we went to Madurai for an overnight stop. There wasn't much to see here apart from the Sri Meenakshi Temple and the Gandhi Museum. The temple is one of the biggest in India and is considered by many to be the height of South Indian temple architecture, and as important as the Taj Mahal is to North India. The …

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    Finally leaving

    First full day in Madurai, was on my way to the Gandhi museum when some idiot taylor approached me saying i had to go to the temple now as today was some special festival and the towers (gopurams) would be open now only for people to go up. Got to the ...

  • 2

    Our First Busy Town

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    ... the walls it is a labyrinth of chambers, corridors, halls, temples, shrines etc. All just absolutely stunning and mystical. The Gandhi museum is also pretty interesting showing the blood-soaked Khadi that Gandhi wore when he was shot. But given our not ...

  • 3

    Sri Meenakshi-Sundareshwarar temple

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    ... Tom's Itinerary 8 - 10 am at the Sri Meenakshi-Sundareshwarar temple, 10 - 10:30 tea break. 11 - 1pm Gandhi Museum 1 - 1:30 lunch 2 - 4 Palace 4 - 6 Markets and shopping 7:30pm train to Bangalore We got to the Gandhi museum before I ...

  • 4

    Temple towns

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    ... temples of South India. First though, we made our debut appearance on Indian television giving our thoughts on the city's Gandhi museum the day before his birthday. The Meenakshi Amman Temple is a carnival of colour, with its twelve towering gopurams ...

  • 5

    Madurai - Temples and Touts

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    ... can't be choosers. Since we've only planned one day here we want to make the most of it and catch a rickshaw to the Gandhi museum.  We're not in on the secret, unmentioned in the brochures or guide books, that the museum is closed on Fridays and ...

  • 6

    Something French

    ... on. We round up the tour by visiting the Gandhi  museum. Truth be told I know little about the India/British history so I find the museum v interesting. It seems there is a common theme no matter where you go that involves humans being horrible to ...

  • 7

    Two days Madurai and great temples

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    ... is allowed here, so I as a sort of defence make many. We leave Meenakshi after 90 minutes and have a go at the Gandhi Museum that is housed in the Rani Mangammal palace. We read most of the history, colonial Britain stealing India's ...

  • 8

    Brief Stop In Madurai

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    ... were bone shatterers, and it didn't look like you'd get a toilet break either. We spent the afternoon in the Gandhi Museum. A large colonial building now dedicated to being brutally honest about how the British were brutal during the Empire. Standing ...

  • 9

    schoener Hindu Tempel

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    ... out also um 10. die nacht im bus war nicht besonders erholsam weshalb wir uns noch etwas aufs ohr schmissen bevor wir zum gandhi museum gingen - kann man sich ansehen - noch dazu ist es gratis. abends waren wir auf einer dachterrasse essen - super sicht ...

  • 10

    In and out of Madurai

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    ... they hold a big water festival each year. It was about a week ago so not much to see really. After the water tank was the Gandhi museum. Again, we were told "15 minutes", but i told the guide we'd probably need longer than that! It was an interesting (if ...