“छेड़ कर जैसे गुज़र जाती है दोशीज़ा हवा, देर से ख़ामोश है गहरा समुंदर और मैं।“ There is not so much to see in Kanyakumari. This is how I enjoyed my two days here.“Visit Kanyakumari during the monsoon season. Relax on the balcony of state hotel Hotel Tamil Nadu, gaze at the ocean for hours […]
Tamil Nadu
Rameswaram – Corridors of Divine Grace
The longest labyrinth of corridors in world. Amazing creation.
One of the four Dhams (Four divine abodes) and believed to contain consecrated Jyotirlingas setup by Goddess Seeta ji and Lord Rama. Longest Labyrinth of corridors in world with 1.17 KM length. Though some other claimants are also there with respect to covered, uncovered, finished and unfinished. But most befitting answer is Ramenathaswamy temple corridor.
Madurai – The Athens of the East
Is Madurai, the Athens of East? This is not hyperbole. The city is as old as Athens and proved by recent excavations corroborating a developed 600 BC civilization underneath. The city overwhelms with many water bodies, ancient temples, caves and two millennium old inscriptions. Today city pans out in modernity but still antiquity sits on […]
Keeladi – Antiquity Of Man in Tamil Nadu
June, 2024. Dismayed. The key to the buried ancient treasure of civilization of Tamil Nadu was lost for 120 years. Again we got the key in 2015 and since then a series of excavations is on now.
Please forward this travelogue to ‘Keeladi’ of Tamil Nadu to make the world aware of Southern India river valley civilization.
Vellore Fort- An Unmarked Died Fort
As a visitor I notice that there is no effort to protect this fort from besmirch. It is sad and disappointing to see this fort. This fort holds typical rich history but a visitor can not identify any spots of incidents, graves of Vikrama Rajasinha, last king of Srilanka, Europeans graves, killing of Aravidu dynasty […]
Golden temple, Vellore – An Abode of Goddess Lakshmi
This journey was planned for a family of seven persons from Bengaluru. There was tight schedule of responsibilities together with age related ailments. So we thought to spend two leisure days in Tiruvannamalai together with flying visit to Vellore Golden temple and Vellore fort on return to Bengaluru.After spending 2 nights in Tiruvannamalai we took […]
