Royal Court Madurai

... coming for you even if you try and avoid it - ask claire) and we went to see it. Not very impressed im afraid, hard to be original when you are following the same story for every film but they could have tried a little harder...anyway we got to wear 3d glasses which was cool <br>We then caught the overnight sleeper train down to Madurai and after hopefully the last sleepless night on a train (cheers to the 2 men snoring in stereo next ...

... streets etc. But the area around the temple is quite nice and more quiet. <br>I was very eager to finally see the temple, as pics of it have fascinated me since my childhood... and I was not disappointed. The temple towers have been painted fresh recently, actually I am lucky that the restoration work is over and everything is viewable. <br>I have chosen the early morning to go there, as it is my favourite time and all places are quite peaceful and cool. But I ...

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... are wonderfully creative ideas people. We surrendered our shoes then went through a metal detector, had our bags checked and were taken to a curtained off area where all the female visitors are frisked by a female security guard beofre we could go in. Once inside the temple we were greeted by the first Indian man we have ever seen with an afro and by a midget selling postcards. We followed the pilgrims around the maze of a site where there was ...

... fortuitous enough to have had exemplary guides along this journey and this has allowed me to understand and have a new found respect for the culture and religion of Hindu practices and faith. When all is said and done the faith of each religion practices respect and goodwill to all people all of the time, it just happens to be that in Hinduism this came about due to many super ...

... comes from and I think its great that some where there is a rice pudding festival. The  they got o the home alter and offer some to the gods and then share with friends. During all this the nieghbours were all out in force and I had a million children climbing all over me and took a ton of photos and the official family photographer came out to get pics of me with everyone. Very strange but great fun. I stayed all day had two fab ...

... It really makes me uncomfortable to have human beings paraded in such a fashion. But eventually we made it to Madurai! A medium sized city (3 million!) the smog and pollution alone were astounding, as was the human mass of the place. Though smaller in population than a place like Chennai (7 million) the density was something to see. After a brief respite in the hotel, we headed out to see some of the main attractions, the ...

... Delhi, even though its much smaller. Our hotel had a great lobby, but the rooms did not match (smelly!, but no bugs). In the afternoon we went out to the city palace (built with the help of the british, quite recently) and the Meenakshi-Sundareswarar temple . The temple was really cool. A square complex, each side with its own gate, with a complex floor plan of inset ...

... and made some over-zealous travel plans in an effort to leave that place. Although (as mentioned in my last blog) the temple was impressive, I was quickly no longer enchanted by its spell and found the city to be rather uninteresting. For what it's worth, I had a very negative vibe about the city and my plans for the next couple of days. The best part of the city to me was the rooftop high-rise restaurants and bars, and I felt more inclined to sit around ...

... for the wear and after much inner consultation, opted for staying in my sweet, expensive hotel room. I crawled back into bed to watch India play Sri Lanka at cricket, and ordered several cups of chai from room service. It must have rained like mad last night, for the narrow street below was more than half covered in a giant mud puddle. Some people avoided it, some just plodded right through it with sandals or bear feet. Now keep in mind there are no real ...