Turbo's Mobile Blog: Travel in South India 1

Chennai

Has a nice beach. What else? urrrr....
Marina beach Egmore train station
St. Thomas church Rippon's building

Kachipuram

Ekambareshvara Temple (mango temple)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekambaranatha_Temple

relating to Shiva and Pavati's marriage... a popular place of blessing marriage.

Kailasanatha Temple

One of the most beautiful and oldest temple in India. Very unique and stylish.

Varadaraja Temple

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varadharaja_Perumal_Temple

Has a unique deity in the pool and show up once every 40 years

Mamalapuhram

The glory of Pallava dynasty.
Krishna's butter ball Ajuna's penance
Patha Rathas Shore temple

Pudicherry

French colony until 1971, no wonder the major tourist here are all French.

Tanjavur

Chola's UNESCO big temples
No. 1: Brihadeeswarar Temple (means big temple)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihadeeswarar_temple
King Rajaraja I (the builder): Big big big, I want everything big
Turbo: you texan?
Entrance

No.2: Airavatesvara Temple
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airavatesvara_Temple
Entrance
No.3: Brahadeeshwar Temple (another one called big temple)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangaikonda_Cholapuram
No1 and 3 were actually build by father and son. No wonder they look so similar.
Nandi
Dancing Shiva (Nataraja)

Trichy/Srirangam

The real temple town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Ranganathaswamy_Temple_(Srirangam)

Gopura

and Gopura

This Sri Ranganathaswamy temple is humongous and has perfect concentric layout, it has 7 layers walled enclosues.

Madurai

Nayak Palace

Court yard

Dance hall
Not really a "palace" from north India perspective

Meenakshi Temple

Entrance Lotus ponds and gopura
Thousand Pillars HallNandi
Very well maintained and impressive temple. Sorry its gorgeous gopuras are all in maintenance.