Tamil Nadu
India
New gateways to India’s cultural core.
Every year New York times magazine publishes the best tourist
destination in world wide. In that magazine tamilnadu has been in 24th
place for tourist spot among 52 places. Madurai meenakshi ammon temple and Brihadeeswarar
Temple in Thanjavur are mentioned as the best tourist destination for its
history and architecture.
North India, with its famous Moghul era palaces and forts, might
be the country’s most popular tourist destination, but Tamil Nadu in the south
has an equally rich and undiscovered history. The state is where India’s major
temple cultural complexes are, and some are so large that they’re considered
minicities. There’s Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, a sprawling complex dedicated
to a powerful female deity, Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, built by the
ancient Cholas, one of India’s greatest dynasties, and several hundred other
temples dotting the countryside and brimming with art carvings dating back as
far as the 9th century. But temples aren’t the only cultural hit: the region of
Chettinad has more than 50 villages filled with 18th century mansions of carved
Burma teak. It also boasts cuisine that is among the spiciest and most aromatic
in the country and often served on banana leaves. Limited infrastructure in
Tamil Nadu made accessibility a challenge for travelers, but the recent burst
of boutique hotels is changing that. Over a dozen properties recently opened or
on their way to debuting includeChidambara Vilas and the Bangala in
Chettinad, Heritage Madurai in Madurai and Ideal River View Resort in
Thanjavur.
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