10-0616.jpg=Mandurai railway
DSC08123.JPG=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings
10-0650.jpg=Five Rathas Mamallapuram
10-0624.jpg=Pondicherry
DSC08190.JPG=Mamallapuram
10-0642.jpg=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings
10-0659.jpg=Chennai railway station
10-0669.jpg=Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
10-0677.jpg=Chamundi Hill
10-0626.jpg=Pondicherry
FromMike.jpg=Pondicherry - regardedas a little bit of France in India. Once a French colony, there are still reminders of French influence in the architecture, the wide town squares and even in the policemen's uniforms.
DSC08158.JPG=Mamallapuram statue manufacturer store front
10-0660.jpg=We arrive at Mysore railway station to see this motorcycle mayhem - better remember where you parked yours. We boarded the white mini-bus for our journey to the Mysore Palace
10-0634.jpg=Pondicherry
10-0622.jpg=Pondicherry (or Puducherry), a French colonial settlement in India until 1954, is now a Union Territory town bounded by the southeastern Tamil Nadu state.
10-0665.jpg=Our Mysore hotel
10-0652.jpg=Mamallapuram Shore Temple
DSC08164.JPG=Mamallapuram - Bay of Bengal
10-0618.jpg=Mandurai railway
DSC08146.JPG=Five Rathas Mamallapuram
DSC08151.JPG=Five Rathas Mamallapuram
DSC08194.JPG=From Mamallapuram we travelled to Chennai by taxi, then on an overnight train to Mysore
10-0640.jpg=Auroville Chidambaram Temple
DSC08148.JPG=Five Rathas Mamallapuram
10-0670.jpg=Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
10-0667.jpg=Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
10-0636.jpg=Pondicherry
10-0654.jpg=View from Mahabalipuram Lighthouse
10-0679.jpg=A colourfully painted statue of demon Mahishasura is one of the major attractions of Chamundi Hills
10-0649.jpg=Five Rathas Mamallapuram
DSC08275.JPG=Mysore view from Chamundi Hill
Pan01.JPG=View from Mahabalipuram Lighthouse
DSC08216.JPG=Mysore Palace entrance
10-0637.jpg=Pondicherry
DSC08064.JPG=Pondicherry - footpah repairers
10-0639.jpg=Auroville
10-0621.jpg=Villapuram on to Pondicherry
10-0664.jpg=Mysore Palace
10-0656.jpg=Mamallapuram statue manufacturer store fronts
10-0681.jpg=Chamundi Hill - rock-carved bull statue
DSC08200.JPG=Chennai railway station
10-0613.jpg=Mandurai railway station
10-0673.jpg=Next morning before we leave Mysore we visit Chamundi Hill (with its Durga temple and enormous, rock-carved bull statue)
10-0630.jpg=Pondicherry
DSC08154.JPG=Five Rathas Mamallapuram
10-0647.jpg=Mamallapuram
10-0615.jpg=Mandurai railway
10-0645.jpg=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings
10-0658.jpg=Mamallapuram
10-0675.jpg=Chamundi Hill - Durga temple
10-0628.jpg=Pondicherry - regardedas a little bit of France in India
DSC08160.JPG=Mamallapuram - Bay of Bengal
DSC08218.JPG=Mysore Palace
DSC08199.JPG=Sleeper trains are clean and air-conditioned, a great way to travel long distances and still get maximum time in each place. Beds are padded berths, sheets, pillow and blanket are provided but some people prefer to bring their own sleeping sheet. Please note you may be sharing with locals in a same gender/mixed gender situation.
10-0662.jpg=Mysore Palace entrance
10-0632.jpg=Pondicherry
10-0676.jpg=On our way to Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
10-0641.jpg=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings
10-0668.jpg=Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
10-0625.jpg=Pondicherry
10-0633.jpg=Pondicherry
DSC08124.JPG=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings. 96 foot long, Arjuna’s penance or descent of the Ganga?
DSC08132.JPG=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings
10-0651.jpg=Mamallapuram - Bay of Bengal
10-0617.jpg=Mandurai railway
10-0643.jpg=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings
DSC08221.JPG=Mysore Palace
10-0682.jpg=On our way to Masinagudi and the Bandipur National Park
DSC08147.JPG=Five Rathas Mamallapuram
10-0648.jpg=In the grounds of Five Rathas Mamallapuram, this kid had only just been born
10-0678.jpg=Chamundi Hill
10-0635.jpg=Pondicherry - street demonstration
DSC08023.JPG=Mandurai railway
10-0653.jpg=Mamallapuram Shore Temple
10-0666.jpg=An unfortunate incident on our way to Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
10-0623.jpg=Pondicherry
10-0619.jpg=Mandurai railway
10-0671.jpg=Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
10-0638.jpg=2/10/2009 - Auroville
10-0663.jpg=Mysore Palace
10-0629.jpg=Pondicherry - regardedas a little bit of France in India
10-0655.jpg=Mahabalipuram Lighthouse\
Mamallapuram (c1900) - The lighthouse, with a circular masonry tower made of natural stone, became fully functional in 1904.
10-0620.jpg=Mandurai railway
DSC08196.JPG=Chennai railway station
10-0646.jpg=Mamallapuram
10-0672.jpg=Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
DSC08251.JPG=Keshava Temple in Somnathpuram
DSC08189.JPG=Mamallapuram - home for disabled children
DSC08277.JPG=Chamundi Hill - a very young acrobat/tightrope walker gave an amazing show
DSC08219.JPG=Mysore Palace
10-0657.jpg=Mamallapuram statue manufacturer store fronts
10-0614.jpg=Mandurai railway
10-0627.jpg=Pondicherry - regardedas a little bit of France in India
10-0661.jpg=Mysore Palace entrance
10-0631.jpg=Pondicherry
10-0644.jpg=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings
10-0674.jpg=Puja or pooja is a worship ritual performed in the morning by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event.
DSC07999.JPG=1/10/2009 - we leave Mandurai, catching a train to Villapuram
10-0680.jpg=Mysore view from Chamundi Hill
Mahabalipuram.jpg=Mamallapuram - World Heritage-listed 7th century Shore Temples and the massive bas-relief rock carvings. 96 foot long, Arjuna’s penance or descent of the Ganga?