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Tamil Nadu Travel Tours Guide | Tour Packages from Tamilnadu
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Tamil Nadu, the heart of the Dravidian culture and tradition, has for time immemorial, been a pioneer of peace and knowledge, and the visual legacy of the culture of the state, is among the most satisfying spectacles in India Tamil Nadu Travel Tours Guide.
Sharing boundaries with the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala, Tamil Nadu has an unbroken coast line, edging the Bay of Bengal Tamil Nadu Travel Tours Guide.
Densely forested uplands which abound in wildlife, intensively cultivated farmlands interspersed with rocky wastes, mountain chains of the Western Ghats Tamil Nadu Travel Tours Guide.
Which give way to fertile coastal plains and plateaus form the geographical features of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Travel Tours Guide.
Tamilians learn to appreciate culture, from a very young age, and have a deep interest in music, dance and literature Tamil Nadu Travel Tours Guide.
Classical dancing in the form of Bharatnatyam, has its origin in the temples of the South East, and continues to be followed with a lot of fervour and dedication in Tamil Nadu.
Carnatic music is another art form, that has flourished over the ages, producing artists of great repute. Festivals are a daily feature in this region .
Navaratri or Dussehra (September/October), Diwali (October/ November), Karthika (November/December) and Pongal (January) are the major occasions, celebrated with great enthusiasm Tour Packages from Tamilnadu.
A unique festival of Carnatic music, the Thyagaraja festival, is held annually in January at Thiruvariyar.
The birth place of famous singer poet Thyagaraja, where one can witness the amazing spectacle of mass performance, in total harmony and rhythm Tour Packages from Tamilnadu.
The places of tourist interest in the state are Chennai, the beautiful capital city; Mamallapuram Tour Packages from Tamilnadu.
Tthe beach resort; Kanchipuram, the land of 1000 temples; Madurai, famous for the Meenakshi temple; Rameswaram, Tiruchirapalli and Thanjavur, the temple trio; the charming hill resorts of Yercaud.
Ootacamund and Kodaikanal and Kanyakumari, the southern tip of India, renowned for its sunrise and sunset Tour Packages from Tamilnadu.
TEMPLES AND GODS
There are more than 30,000 temples in Tamil Nadu, which has given the state the distinctive title of 'A Land of Temples'.
Built by various dynasties these temples bear a superficial resemblance to each other in that they share the same physical features - the gopuram or the imposing tower over the entrance, from all four directions the vimanam which is the tower over the sanctum and the spacious halls and corridors Tour Packages from Tamilnadu.
The temple was also much more than a place of worship. It was a place for social gathering, for education, for celebration - not just of the king's victories in battles but also of local functions and ceremonies such as marriages.
The temple was also used as a store house of sorts for emergencies and, many a temple also maintained hospitals.
The temple was a place where art, in all its forms i.e. music, dance, drama and handicrafts received encouragement and flourished.
ut, above all, the temple was a place of worship. And what was of utmost importance is the beautiful sculptures that adorned them Tour Packages from Tamilnadu.
Every temple has architectural beauty of its own, peculiar to the presiding deity. You will not miss the Universal.
The Tamils have always been a God-fearing people and are ardent worshippers of Siva, Vishnu, their consorts Parvati and Lakshmi, Vinayaka, Subramanya (also known as Muruga).
And each of these gods take on different names at different temples depending on the legend of the temple.
For example, at Rameswaram, Ramanathaswamy, which means 'He who was worshipped by Rama' and at Chidambaram He is called Nataraja or the 'Cosmic Dancer'. In simple terms, for the sake of identification it is enough to know that whenever
'Eswaran' is the suffix in the name of the presiding deity, the temple is dedicated to Lord Siva. The South has very few temples where Siva is depicted as anything other than a lingam.
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