From Tiruchirappalli, we drove about two and half hours southwest to Madurai. Madurai is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu state in South India. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, at least since 3rd century BC. We stayed at the Gateway Hotel Pasumalai run by Taj Hotels up on…

The American mind cannot comprehend this.

Madurai special jigarthanda

This enormous temple complex in Madurai is dedicated to Lord Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara, and his consort Parvati or Meenakshi. The original temple was