India Cultural Heritage Discovery Tour

September 2011

A fantastic tour through Karnatka and Tamil Nadu. In continuation of what we did five years ago, when we visited Kerala and Northwest India. Chasing Nandis (Shiva's bull), elephants, lotuses .... An unforgettable experience, India never fails to surprise ....
Here are some photos of Tamil Nadu, and here you can also see photos from Karnatka.

Tamil Nadu

(click on each image in order to enlarge)

Madurai - Gandhi museum

Madurai - market in front of the temple

Madurai - waiting for the temple to open doors

Madurai - busy street

Madurai - stall along the road

Madurai - wearing no blouse (the old way)

Madurai - evening trafic

Alagarkoil - Vishnu temple

Thirupparankundram - view from the muslim shrine

Thirupparankundram - the village

Thirupparankundram - the temple's tank

Thirupparankundram - climb to the shrine

Karaikkudi - colonial mansion

Karaikkudi

Karaikkudi - traditional Chettinar palace

Karaikkudi - handloomed cotton sarees

Thirumayam - fort and rock-cut temple

Thirumayam - Shiva temple

Thirumayam - Vishnu temple

Thirumayam - Vishnu temple - detail

Rameswaram - the temple

Rameswaram - the long corridor

Rameswaram - holy bath

Another holy place near Rameswaram

Urali (South Indian cooking vessel)

Thanjavur- elephant in the temple

Thanjavur - red stone and lush green

Thanjavur - the big Nandi

Thanjavur - lotus

Darasuram - Airavateswara temple

Darasuram - rain water harvesting

Darasuram - small Nandi

Darasuram - columns

Vegetables market - palm leaf dishes




Thanjavur - the final step in the bronze casting process

Thanjavur - preparing the wax mould

The beauty of the traditional models

Kanchipuram - the main temple

Kanchipuram - monkey menace ...

Kanchipuram - offers to the deity

Mahabalipuram - Arjuna's Penance