Antique Coins at Maratha Royal Palace, Thanjavur
















Palani hill as seen at night Distance: 60 km from Dindigul city, 100 km from Coimbatore and Madurai and near to Kodaikanal hills How to reach there: Regular bus services are available from Bangalore, Coimbatore, Chennai, Madurai, Dindigul etc. By train upto Dindigul and then 60 km by bus to palani. where to stay: Dandayudapani…
The royal palace at Thanjavur has a good collection of antique stone sculpture collection from various parts of Tamil Nadu. The oldest I saw was from around 8th century AD. Take a look at few of the sculptures there.
Tamil Nadu government tourism department provides the following tours from Chennai through TTDC. Following are the tours along with their itinerary and cost. 1. One Day Pondicherry Tour This tour takes places only in the weekends – Saturday and Sunday. It starts at 6.30 am in the morning and comes to an end around 7…
Location: Dindigul District is located at the mid eastern part of Tamil Nadu. It shares boundary with Tiruchirappalli District and Theni District in the south east, Madurai district on the south, Erode district and Karur district in the east, Tiruppur District in the west and the Indian state of Kerela also in the west. District…
After traveling for around 90 minutes covering a distance of around 70 km from Tanjavur, we reached Gangaikonda Cholapuram . Currently a small village. But it was not so little over 700 years ago. For it was the then capital of the Chola empire. Built by Rajendra Chola I after his great victory in the…
On the night of 01/01/2011 I called up MMTT travel on the way back from Rameswaram to check if seats for package tour to Kanyakumari is available. To our luck it was available. After reaching Madurai we bought the tickets at MMTT office. Kanyakumari package tour cost per person was Rs 450 but the cost…