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Sneak peek into Tamil Nadu

21 July 2010 22 Comments

About my recent solo backpacking trip. As I always maintain, my idea of travelling is not counting no. of places but the memories attached to them. Carrying a backpack, wandering, observing, uncertain about next destination (well, mostly) is my way of travel.

This time also it was not a temple trip. But since I was wandering mostly in temple cities of Tamil Nadu, plenty of them happened in between. I also went to craftsmen’s villages to see their art… some of them in dying stages. I chatted with the artists sitting in their mud huts, had coffee with them, saw the tough & harsh side of their lives. I also learnt various intricacies, ingredients and the proper way to do things…. their things.

Below is a glimpse of that trip. Not telling you the names of places. I have uploaded some more photos in Facebook and they’ll grow in number with time. Resizing & watermarking does take time.

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Some of the temple sculptures i saw. This temple is made of yellow & black stones. Name it.

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Piece by piece they have been carved & joined together…

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They say, shadow of this temple never falls on ground. Can you tell me which temple is this?

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Palace of Raja Chola, with wooden painted pillars & mirror work is a story in itself.

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Molten brass is being filled in a mould.

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Still under renovation, these sculptures looked beautiful in raw granite wall.

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Doli said:

I know the answer to only one question – shadow of this temple never falls on ground – Brihadeeswara Temple
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# 21 July 2010 at 9:46 PM

Nisha said:

Doli,
Oh my !!
Doli, you are too fast !! looks like you were waiting for the post to be published !

And not telling you if you are wrong or right.
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# 21 July 2010 at 9:50 PM

Appu said:

That is colorful imagination implemented.
Thanks for sharing.

# 21 July 2010 at 10:04 PM

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# 21 July 2010 at 10:12 PM

lakshmi said:

darasuram and Big temple in Thanjavur..the palace if im not wrong is the maratha durbar hall, and the ramayana on walls is a temple in Kumbakonam, if im not wrong..did the entire circuit two years ago
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# 21 July 2010 at 10:17 PM

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# 22 July 2010 at 4:03 PM

Manish Kumar said:

Great pics ! truly work of art..
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# 22 July 2010 at 10:42 PM

Zhu said:

I hope you are feeling better.

Palace of Raja Chola is lovely! My favorite so far I think.
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# 23 July 2010 at 3:07 AM

Sankara Subramanian C said:

Fabulous pictures! These temples resembles the ones in the Kumbakonam-Mayavaram-Chidambaram belt, but hey I am not sure.

So, will wait till you announce their names
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# 23 July 2010 at 10:16 AM

Celine said:

I don’t know.
I’ve been to a few temples during school trip, but do not remember much. These photos are fabulous.
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# 23 July 2010 at 3:28 PM

Nisha said:

Appu,
The places I went were full of different crafts and imaginations.

Lakshmi,
I must say, your memory is quite good.

I normally go alone and decide my next destination there itself.
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# 23 July 2010 at 11:23 PM

Nisha said:

Manish,
Yes, they are.

Zhu,
The palace must have been very good at its time but these days it’s not maintained well.
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# 23 July 2010 at 11:25 PM

Nisha said:

Sankara,
Only one is correct out of those 3.

Celine,
Thank you. *pats her back*

Well, there are so many places with many more temples that one can not remember them all.
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# 23 July 2010 at 11:27 PM

Yogesh said:

Great post ! Hope you feel better now!

# 24 July 2010 at 1:05 PM

Nisha said:

Yogesh,
Thanks.
Yeah, much better now.
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# 25 July 2010 at 12:12 PM

The NRI said:

Lovely pics of a region that is often, unfairly overlooked by western tourists
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# 26 July 2010 at 3:20 PM

A said:

Awesome pictures. I am back from India. I hope you are doing fine now.

# 31 July 2010 at 8:12 PM

Nisha said:

NRI,
Welcome aboard.

Well, I think it’s equally overlooked by Indians as well.

Thanks for your visit, keep coming.

A,
Welcome home (???).

Well, I am still not ok. The tests are going on and so is recovery.
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# 3 August 2010 at 1:00 AM

sudhir kumar said:

Nisha, I hope you are feeling better now. These were wonderful pictures. I have been to tanjavur long long back, Now this will be on my list. Get well soon
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# 7 August 2010 at 10:48 AM

PN Subramanian said:

Nice pictures. First two are from Airavateswara Temple, Darasuram. The third one is the first Gopuram “Keralanthagan” of the Brihadeswara temple, Thanjavur. It is a myth that the shadow does not fall on the ground. You can find a photograph of the shadow falling at:
http://mallar.wordpress.com
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# 13 August 2010 at 6:03 PM

Nisha said:

Sudhir,
I am almost fully recovered now. Thanks for all your wishes. Ididn’t have much time so would like to go there again.

P N S,
Yes, you are right for first 3 photos. Saw photos on your site, felt like I am still there.

# 18 August 2010 at 7:04 PM

umesh derebail said:

Nice peek into Big temple Tanjore and Darasuram.
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