Raja House
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Raja House from Booking.com.
Travel Blogs from Thanjavur
A dose of reality
... their saris. The next room was for the male patients. Men ages 2 years old to 65 laid in flat beds as their families slept on the floor beneath them on the cold floor. It was a similar situation in the female ward. Then we were taken to the operating theater. We were told the doctor comes sometimes to perform mostly vasectomies. Anything more serious such as a csection, hernia surgery or appendix surgery had to be done at the main hospital. Seem to me like ...
Unmissable Tanjour
... falling from prominence for much of its history. Also unique to this temple is the fact that it Gopurams (Gates) are not the tallest structures. Instead here the temple itself is the most impressive structure rising above the rest of the temple.
We also came to see the palace here however it would turn out to be more than a little bit of a disappointment. Firstly it was a ruins which we were not ...
Les grands temples vivant Chola
... courent partout autour de nous. Je pousse un hurlement et sors en courant de l’hôtel. Je suis tellement dégoutée et effrayée que Guillaume va seul récupérer les affaires et l’argent, impossible de remettre les pieds dans cet hôtel. On n’a pas le choix, impossible de rester ici sans logement, on décide d’aller à Pondichéry en taxi (on nous affirme que ca mettra 3h – pour 200km) ou une Guest House nommée ...
Lieblingstempel und indische Gastfreundschaft
... Wohn- und Esszimmer zugleich und nach westlichen Maßstäben so groß wie ein bescheidenes Kinder- oder Gästezimmer ist. Steinboden. Eine Metallpritsche. Große Kochecke. Man sitzt auf Bastmatten auf der Erde und die Teller sind frisch geschnittene Palmblätter. Essbesteck wird man vergeblich suchen (allerdings hatten wir des öfteren auch schon in "bestecklosen" Restaurants gegessen). Es gibt keine Toilette und keine Dusche. ...
Tender coconut
... and Suresh didn’t slow down, requiring me to ride the bumps like a cantering horse whilst holding on as tightly as I could. Banana plants grew right up to the edge, creating a tropical canopy that tunneled us deeper into the forest. The trees opened up into a clearing, with several buildings surrounding a large and dusty courtyard. On the journey Suresh had explained that it was a home for children who had lost their parents in one way or another; by death, drugs or ...