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Madurai Slideshow
Madurai
Travel Blogs from Madurai, India
Tour With Madurai Mani- A Cycle Rickshaw Champion
... where a priest was pouring milk and holy water over a Nandi bull statue then throwing sandalwood powder in ritual. Madurai is one of India's oldest cities and has been a textile centre from way back, the city was also where Mahatma Gandhi ...
Periyar
From the serene tranquility of the backwaters of Kerala, we got on the local bus ,and after stopping in every little village along the way arrived in the eastern area of Kerala, Periyar. It was an exciting ride through the mountains and as we ...
Humid rainy south India
... him finish. I now have quite short hair which is probably for the best as it's so warm and humid here. When I got to Madurai the humidity was even more noticable and it's also been lots. I'm still getting used to it. The food here has ...
Madurai
... I caught a local bus there for 3 Rupees. I found a room in the center and stayed there for 2 nights. Madurai is one of south India's oldest cities with Tamil and Greek documents dating it's existence back to the 4th century B.C. Unfortunately the city's ...
Temple city
... the door. But, when I opened the door in the morning the bodies were gone! I took the remainder of my days in Madurai easy. Visiting a market and the Ghandi museum in the north of the city. Eating spicy food and hanging around with a couple of guys I ...
Madam Madurai
I was advised never to trust a man in a skirt. Arriving in a strange bus station having to ask the bakery man to make the 1rupee phone call to my expectant family 4 hours later than originally planned I prayed Rama would arrive in trousers, and ...
A day in Temple Town
... a very loud Bollywood flick was being screened on the TV mounted at the front of the bus. We had been forewarned that Madurai touts are quite aggressive and that rickshaw drivers would try to take us to a hotel of their choosing thereby obtaining a ...
Madurai
Madurai is a large city of 1 million+ that features the huge Sri Meenakshi Temple Complex. As well, good cheap hotels and restaurants are ...
The Auctions
Our last overnight train ride in India brought us to Madurai, home to the Meenakshi Temple complex. We arrived at 5.30 am and took our time selecting our new digs, as the quality was way below our expectations and the mosquito levels were way above. All ...
Samurai v Madurai
... je uz ani nepotrebovali. Sedeli uplne ztuhly jako mrtvoly, ale voci mely votevreny a vobcas mrkli...Kdyz je stevardik vystrcil v Madurai z autobusu, okamzite vozivly. Nebylo divu. Asi dva metry vod veri z votevrenej kanalizace se rozlejval smrad, kerej mi ...
The soul of Tamil Nadu
... sleep - ususally I have it on a bus. Just as today - I return back to TRichy, take my charger and then I take another bus to Madurai - the soul of Tamil Nadu (LP says). The soul is pretty hospital - I get a nice small (but not tiny/clastrophobic) room in ...
Temple towns
... reign of the Chola King Raja Raja I at the turn of the 11th century AD. Unlike the brightly-coloured gopurams of the temple in Madurai, this temple's towers are made of red sandstone giving it the feel of a Mayan-style temple such as Chichen Itza. A giant ...
Madurai
Had my haircut! been to the Post office! getting to Madurai was easy. Just a 4 hour direct bus from Trichy. It left from near my GH and arived very near the next one no need to worry with auto rikshaws. Although they really have hasstled me here ...
Marauding in Madurai and Traversing Trichy
... 12 storey temples. All made from bamboo, bent and bowing, Bristol City Council would have a coronary. From Madurai to Trichy we found fort hills and yes you guessed it Temples. Again a complex web of ...
Painted horns and piss alleys
Madurai. The festival of human existence that is India in giant, subcontinental nutshell, was Madurai. Lively, colorful, dirty, crowded, loud. Barefoot walkers, cows with red and green striped horns taller than me. Bullock carts cringing under a punishing ...
Saa er vi alene
... . Vi tog afsted i go tid ned til stationen. Biletten havde vi dog koebt i forvejen, men vi kobte den til i morgen fra Madurai til kanyakumari.(sydspidsen). Det var ogsaa godt vi tog for afsted for det tog os ca halvanden time at finde rundt og faa koebt ...
Madurai
... of 1.1 million. It is well known for the Meenakshi temple in the heart of the town which attracts tourists as well as pilgrims. Madurai has a rich cultural heritage passed on from the great Tamil era more than 2500 years old, and has been an important ...
Maximum Indian Madurai Express
... the loud and disgusting hock-a-loogie-ing much beloved of Indian men is enough to keep our sleep fitful. Arriving at 5.00am in Madurai is a blessing. Its cooler, there’s less touts and blaggers and it gives us some space to just walk to where ...
Madurai
... nbsp; ********************** My stay in Tamil Nadu is drawing to a close but I still find time to visit more temples in Madurai, and quite phenomenal ones because of their colors and what happens inside. Indians literally live inside the temples and this ...
Madurai - Temples and Touts
... closed on Fridays and return defeated to the guesthouse. Later we visit the temple (which is the main tourist draw of Madurai) and realise Jonathan can't go in with his shorts. We debate going back to the guesthouse to change then acknowledge ...
Weary bumpy bus travellers
Hi guys, We have arrived in Madurai after another long, uncomfortable bus journey, aching lots but it only cost us 3pounds for the two of us. Will update you when we've done something. Lots of love xxxx After arriving and checking into the hotel, ...
Dravidian culture and Bush camping
... . We reached Madurai late morning where we had 4 hours to investigate before heading on. I was quite disappointed with Madurai as the main attraction a temple, which is meant to look quite good based on postcards, was all covered over assumable ...
Maduri
... and quite a long way south - not seen much yet but we are seeing temples tomorrow, some of the most important in south india........ the temples were pretty amazing here - 6 large towers ornatley decorated and very colourful - i found a picture on the ...
Madurai Madness
... taste at all, and wine in an insane price aimed only at tourists. So anyway now we've moved back into the city of Madurai and I never thought I could see anything more hectic and bustling and dirty then Mumbai or Ernakulam but we've found it. The Lonely ...
Our final fix of Indian Temples
... us laugh. From strange translations (scrumbled egges is still a favourite) to funny road signs and strange advertisements. Madurai did its best to keep up with the best of them with a great sign for a physic healing session on ...
Meenakshi temple: Breathtaking, Colourful Temple
... towers over the city is the abode of goddess Meenakshi, the consort of Lord Shiva. The life of Madurai revolves around the Meenakshi temple. The temple has an art museum and is central to Tamil culture which has been sponsoring ...
The Temple Town of Madurai
... back and had to walk back to the hotel which isnt too far from where we were. The tricky part was to cross the busy roads of Madurai at night. Finally, we gave it a go and crossed the road and went back to the room to get some sleep. Next morning, i ...