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Temples and Forts of Trichy and Tanjore
This is a top pick! ... complex is full of detailed carvings and inner sanctums, with the inner temple being one of the largest in India at 66m high. In the next blog we travel through to Madurai before reaching the tip of India, Kanyakumari. Love Thomas and Hollie x x x ...
The rock fort temple
This is a top pick! ... it saddened us to see people so money driven working there. Maybe this is the legacy that us tourists have left behind in India, i don't know. After talking to a few people, we did get some facts about religion ...
Das grosse Krabbeln!
Der Plan fuer heute war dann, erstmal mit dem Bus nach Villupuram zu fahren und dort in den Bus nach Trichy umzusteigen. Eigentlich wollten wir direkt fahren, aber der Bus fur leider nur frueh morgens, oder spaet abends. Nach einer guten Stunde waren wir ...
The Other Temple
We were on a temple sightseeing tour at this point! Whizzing through Madurai and then Tangore.. but they were well worth it. The temples were extremely well preserved and the carving at Tangore incredible. We queued for a long time to see Shiva's phallic ...
Those Magnificent Srirangam Horses
Srirangam is an island town between the Coleroon and Cauvery rivers, just across from Tiruchirappalli [Trichy]. It is better known for the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple - an ancient living citadel, and one of the finest examples of Tamil heritage. ...
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Sugar [Cane Weeding] in the Morning
... " in running order. Later the men posed for me in front of the Bodi tree, an especially sacred tree all over India. (it is under this type of tree that tradition has it that the Buddha became enlightened) This particular tree was the ...
Background: Historical Perspective
... , three outstanding men, crossed over from West to East and immersed themselves for the better part of a half-century, in their adopted India's culture. Immersed as in baptism (to plunge) for each one let go of their roots, and in one case, Henri Le ...
Temple Overkill
... sanctums. And today we visited the biggest temple complex of them all, the largest in India. I guess it will make sleeping tonight even more troublesome. Tiruchirappalli (universally known as Trichy) was our next destination and we didn't make the ...
Break out with Bikes
[editing note: For various reasons I have been unable to access the internet for over a week. So I am going to challenge your sense of time. This was composed yesterday (Nov. 15) right after I experienced it. Since I have a lot of ...
Using Nature and Media to Draw on the Deep
Nature - Re-enchantment - Sound (1) Coming from a country where the earth largely means real estate, and forests translate easily into lumber even while standing, it comes as a welcome re-enchantment to be in a place where all creatures, and especially ...
Impressions During the 1st Week
Though the founders of Shantivanam (1950) gradually met their goal of inculturating Christianity into India, the ashram still is permeated with the Benedictine spirit: prayer, silence, work, and hospitality. This is most evident from the way ...
Trichy & Chennai
... I fly out of Chennai to go to Sri Lanka. Well I got bored and decided to take the bus about 6 hours to Tiruchirappalli, AKA Trichy. It's a bustling town of about 800,000 people with a few nice temples to visit. The highly recommended Rock Fort ...
A whirlwind tour of Tamil Nadu's heritage sites
... The long bridge across the Cauvery afforded a splendid view of the Trichy Rock Fort and its temples [http://tiruchirappalli.nic.in; http://www.trichy.com]. We strolled past the erstwhile mansion of Robert Clive which faces the tank, then through the ...
A Day in Trichy
... two names - one that is the older, native name and the other that is easy for foreigners to pronounce. Trichy, also known as Tiruchirappalli, is one of those examples. We went out in Trichy with a guide for the day. Our first stop was the Sri ...
Edge of the Forest off the Cow Path
... that provide milk for us graze. It is government land that borders a sacred river. All rivers are sacred in India. You can see the worker guiding the cows home past the temporary chapel which the neighbouring building to my hut. ...
Temple Town
Our next stop is a small town called Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) which is another place known for it's temples. We took a train (2nd class non AC) and the two and half hour journey was hot & crowded but we had a seat. People are always keen to talk ...
Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)
Me voilà à Trichy. Cette fois c'est une assez grande ville (847 000 habitants). Cette ville comporte deux temples dont un perché sur une colline rocheuse : le Rock Fort Temple. Moi c'que j'en dis, c'est qu'à part la vue, ben y a rien a voir ...
A Passage to India
... a previous four continents. Flew from Colombo's easily pronounceable Bandaranaike International Airport to the more tongue-caressing Tiruchirappalli in India with Sri Lankan Airways (the only flight I've been on where the stewardesses all walk around ...
Another temple climb
... the 4km journey. It wasn't looking good with every bus that passed so crowded people were spilling out of the doors and getting on a bus in India at the quietest times can resemble a rugby game. As bus NO.1 pulled up it was a mad dash for the door as the ...
Whose Habitat is This Anyway?
... lucky to capture him on film. I later learned that he is the one that the son of Shiva (Murghan sp?) rides. In India, nature speaks about the sacred Hindu writings too. Down by the river, I caught a heron-like creature fishing among the ...
8th Stop - Thiruchy
Finally reached our hotel at midnight. This was one of the best hotels which we had stayed throughout our journey here. Upon check in, we quickly ordered some dinner (vegetarian burgers) and sipped some local whisky and called it a night as we had to ...
1st Stop - Uchipillaiyar & Ranganathar Swamy
... its ancient and impressive architecture created by the Pallavas, the temple is maintained by the Archaeological department of India. Vibhishana, was the younger brother of the Asura King Ravana who ruled Lanka. ...
Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)
March 19- The train station was only 2 blocks from where I stayed in Madurai, so instead of taking a local bus back to the bus station, I bought a train ticket. It cost $1.50 for a 3 hour ride north to the city of Trichy in a 3rd class seating car. The ...
The temples of Trichy
We departed Chennai yesterday morning on a train headed for Tiruchirappalli (otherwise known as Trichy), pretty much in the central part of the state of Tamil Nadu, arriving in early afternoon. After checking in to an average hotel at best, we ...
Many A Sadhu In Tamil Nadu
... jester trousers that a tailor made in Madurai are lucky pants because the state bus was a dream ride from Rameswaram to Tiruchirappalli (Trichy). The bus was a rattler playing Hindi music but the driver was a safe one and the conductor was gold ...
Boernehjemmet og Trichy
Hej alle Vi har desvaerre ingen billeder endnu, men nu skal I hoere om besoget paa boernehjemmet. Det var jo hovedformaalet med denne rejse. Nana kan ikke sove, saa v staar tidligt op og koerer mod Trichy i en bil uden Air Con.. Om eftermiddagen ...
Temple overflow?!
... SLR on my shoulder (which I don't try to show them). The next stop is Sri Thayumanaswamy Temple - it's one of the biggest in India (LP says) and it looks like a small town. One need to cross 7 concentric walls to reach the center - which is restricted to ...
Trust "Tricky"
So Mamallapuram scared the s**t out of me and despite being reduced to tears by a ‘man’ who insisted on following me until I had to scream (not in my nature) Pondi rejuvenated me. Pondi also reminded me that sometimes it’s more fun ...
Marathon, allllek!
... finish, and the last one. As we stand by the start line and the race starts - no, there was no countdown (it's funny, because in India they use English words for the numbers, so I can tell you for sure - there was no couting:) but we start just at 0600 - ...
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