Journeys

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Mahabalipuram- Monolithic Temples – The Five Rathas

In school. I had studied about the monolothic temples and often as kids, we had played hide and seek in ...
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Mahabalipuram – Tiger Cave

There is neither a tiger nor a dark dingy cave , but located in Saluvankuppam, five kms from Mahabalipuram , ...
chennaiHistoryIndiamadrasMahabalipuramMammalapuramweekend getaway

Mahabalipuram- sea , sand ,sculptures and the shore temple

The warmth of Madras is always special .More so, in December when the city is bathed in sunlight after a ...
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A scene in kovalam

While lazing at Kovalam, in Trivandrum , I saw a long line of locals pulling their booty from the sea..The ...
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Poovar – where river and sea meets ..

A blue sky, an island, a sandy beach, a river ,an estuary , a stretch of coconut trees, a lone ...
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36 hairpin bends ..

There is a debate whether the Queen of hills is still the Queen. But its often the journey rather than ...