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Chennai |
Maurai |
Ooty |
Tanjore |
Chennai,
the Capital city of Tamil Nadu is the fourth largest
metropolis in India. Located on a 17km stretch of the
Coramandel coast, the city is trisected by the waterways
of Cooum, Adyar and the Buckingham Canal. |
One
of South India's great temple towns, Madurai
is synonymous with the celebrated Meenakshi
Temple. |
Ooty,
the "Queen of hill stations" is the
capital of Nilgiri district. It is one of the Best tourist
resorts and is called as "Blue Mountains". |
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was more a monument of triumph than a strict example
of temple architecture. It is in this temple
that one notices for the first time two gopuras
oriented in the same direction. |
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Halebid |
Banglore |
Belur |
Mysore |
Halebid
is about 15 kms away
from Belur. This place was known as Dwara Samudra. Halebid
has several strikingly beautiful Hoysala Temples and
Jain shrines |
Bangalore
was designed as the garden city.Bangalore is
amongst the most visited tourist destinations in southern
India. |
Belur
is 149 Kms from Mysore, 222 Kms from Bangalore and 34
Kms from Hassan. This place is famous for its exquisite
temples. Belur is known as Dakshina Varanasi or South
Banaras for its temples |
Situated
in the southern part of the Deccan Plateau, Mysore
District is an undulating tableland, covered
in parts by granite outcrops and fringed by verdant
forests. |
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Thekkady |
Alleppy |
Munnar |
TRIVANDRAM |
The
very sound of the word Thekkady conjures
up images of elephants, unending chains of hills and
spice scented plantations.In The periyar forest of thekkady
is one of the finest wildlife reserves in india |
Alleppy is
a district of immense natural beauty. This backwater country
is also home to diverse animal and bird life. The town
has always enjoyed a unique place in the maritime history
of Kerala |
Munnar
-a haven of peace and tranquillity. Set at an altitude
of 6000 ft in Idukki district, Munnar was the favoured
summer resort of the erstwhile British rulers in the
colonial days. |
Thiru-v-anatha-puram
is a three sylable name meaning the abode of the sacred
snake god "Anantha". Lord Vishnu of the ancient
Indian mytholgy rests on this huge serpent. |
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Puttaparthi |
Tirumala |
KALAHASTI |
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small village in Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh,
Puttaparthi is today on the world map.
And the person responsible for it is "Bhagawan Sri
Sathya Sai Baba" cousidered as a living God
by moillions. |
The
Lord of Tirumala is the all pervading Lord of
the Universe. A large number of devotees visit the sacred
shrine of Lord Venkateswara to pay their homage to Him. |
Kalahasti
is located near the pilgrimage town of Tirupati and is
visited by thousands of pilgrims. This temple is also
associated with Rahu and Ketu, (of the
nine grahams or celestial bodies in the Indian astrological
scheme).
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