
Madurai:
Home to the Tamil culture and famous place of pilgrimage for centuries, Madurai is one of the most vibrant and ancient cities in Tamil Nadu. A crowd of pilgrims, businessmen, of ox-carts and rickshaws Wallahs-under-employed mingles with its one million inhabitants. At the heart of the old city, the Sri Meenakshi temple attracts a constant flow of devotees.
This temple dravida Baroque, with its gopuram covered with a profusion of polychrome statues representing gods and goddesses, animals and mythical figures, is a pure wonder. Madurai is located in southern Tamil Nadu, to 2 507 km from Delhi. It is reached by air from Chennai, Calicut and Mumbai. Buses and trains serve the major cities from the south. Travel to Madurai is very easy by rent a car. In and arround Madurai Travel is fully over and done with the car rental.
Madurai - Gandhi Memorial
An exhibition on the great men of the country and an exhibition on Gandhi himself with the narrative summary of his life in pictures and many objects that belonged to him. Before the memorial, one of the graves where lie the ashes of the Mahatma and a replica of his house is simplicity and a rare beauty.
Madurai – Temple of Sri Meenakshi
A sacred complex located on 6 acres of which rise 12 gopurams overworked colorful representations of deities. The atmosphere prevailing within the temple is striking. Darkness with a few large openings that give some reflections of bright light a few statues. Many beautiful statues, including a remarkable Ganesh. Of course, many Hindu pilgrims without which the atmosphere is not there. An elephant is there and does its job on the pilgrims who come and go. You give something to Cornac (of course) and the elephant gives you a little mistake of the head. Improve your karma fun