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Sneak peek into Tamil Nadu

21 July 2010 21 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 & Picasa and they’ll grow in number as & when my health permits. 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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If you know Tamil, you can read & see the whole Ramayana story on these walls of a temple, name I am not going to tell now. :)

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