Tamil Nadu Travel

Tamil Nadu is the one of the great city in Southern India and land of Tamils is a state, This is well known for its ancient temples and architecture, destinations, food items and classical Indian music and dance. The Travel to Tamil Nadu is like exploring the heart of India, The languages is Tamil (also written as Thamizh). It is the historical place of the famous Chola, Chera, Pandya and Pallava kingdoms and the larger cities and metro capital Chennai, which thrived in medieval and ancient India.



Regions and Places to visit in Tamil Nadu

* Dindigul. A district known for its temples (Palani) and the hill resort of Kodaikanal.

Popular Cities of Tamil nadu

• Chennai (Madras) - Is the capital of Tamil Nadu. The metropolitan city.
• Aruppukottai
• Annur
• Tiruchirappalli
• Coimbatore - The place is situated on the banks of the river Noyyal, the Manchester of the South and the textile capital of South India.
• Kanchipuram - one of the 7 holy cities in the country, 75 km from Chennai, Popular of silk sarees
• Kanniyakumari - The southern most tip of the Indian mainland, popular for its conjunction of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal into the Indian Ocean.
• Madurai - on the banks of the River Vaigai, known as Athens of the East, a place of great historical and cultural importance, and the oldest city in Tamil Nadu
• Mamallapuram - though no longer a port
• Srirangam
• Thanjavur - also called the Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu, This is well know for Brihadeeswara temple, Rajah Serfoji's Saraswathi Mahal Library, the magnificent palace, Art Gallery. Here you can also see some exquisite handicrafts work like the pithwork, classical South Indian musical instruments Art Plate bronze icons, Thanjavur paintings .

Some of the other travel attractions and Hill-stations

The Nilgiri mountain range on the east coast is home to many hill-stations that are good for weekend trips.


* Palani - A popular Hill Temple for Murugan
* Yelagiri - not very well-known, but worth a trip
* Kodaikanal - prettier than Ooty, and less crowded
* Ooty - famous botanical garden, popularised by movies, a tad crowded
* Yercaud - hidden away and unsung
* Masingagudi - Part of the Nilgiri Bio-sphere reserve.

National Parks : Both the national parks are part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

* Mudumalai National Park - abundant wildlife located in Nilgiris
* Silent Valley National Park - subtropical and Tropical forest rich in flora and fauna in Western Ghats near to Coimbatore


Waterfalls

* Hogenakkal - Twenty Waterfalls
* Kutralam_Falls also known as Courtallam[2]


By Air

Anna International Airport in Chennai has connections with many South-East Asian cities, and some European cities (Paris, London, Frankfurt, and ), Sri Lanka, . There are also airlines from Tiruchirapalli to Colombo in Sri Lanka. Domestic airports in Tamil Nadu include Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Coimbatore, and Tuticorin.

By rail

Tamil Nadu is served by Southern Railway and there are many trains from Chennai to almost every major city in India. Chennai serves as a gateway city for connections from other parts of Tamil Nadu.

By road

Chennai is one point on the Golden Quadrilateral project, the construction of limited access divided highways that link circumnavigate the heart of India.


Travel Packages while travel to Tamil Nadu

* Hill stations - Ooty, Kodaikanal
* Mamallapuram- Pallava dynasty rock cut temples
* Kanchipuram-temples and sarees
* Thanjavur-temples
* Thiruchy - temples, fort
* Kumbakonam-famous upilliyapan temple
* Poompuhar, for its heritage of sculpture
* Swamithoppe for the Ayya Vaikunda Avataram festival.
* Kanniyakumari (Cape Comorin), Famous for the Kanniyakumariamman temple on the sea shore where the mookuthy (nose stud), the southern-most tip of peninsular India, It is the face of goddess shines so much that it guided ships passing by.Vivekanandha Rock,Saint Thiruvalluvar Statue.
* Rameswaram Ramanathaswamy Temple .
* Chidambaram- the seat of the cosmic dancer Nataraja
* Sirkazhi
* Palani - A Murugan Hill Temple
* Madurai - documented since 4th century BC, oldest cities of Tamilnadu, seat of Kadai Sangam . Once the capital of the ancient Pandiyans, Popular for Meenakshi-Sundareswarar Shrine.