My Travel Diary

This time myself and my friend Pandi decided to visit our friend sunil's home in Coonoor. The first thing I have decided is that we are not gonna visit the same old place(ooty lake, botonical garden, etc) as like all tourist. We have decided to visit the unseen beauty of the Nilgiris. We 3 started from chennai on a friday night and reached metupalayam by Nilgiri Express at 6:15 Am saturday. My long time wish is gonna happen now!!!! yes, I am gonna travel in the ooty TOY TRAIN, recognized as the UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. Picturesque location Myself and Sunil ready to start the journey   Pandi and Sunil Checking the Rack and Pinion in Hillgrove station If you are travelling to ooty, dont ever miss the journey of the Toy train and chose to travel in the months of october, november and december when the climate will be excellent and more than that you can see less crowd. If you travelling in summer, ahhhhhh crowd crowd crowd everywhere. Beauty of Nil

Hello Everyone, This post is all about the "The Great Living Chola Temples". There are totally 5 sites in Tamilnadu which are recognized as "UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES". 1.Group Of Monuments in Mamallapuram 2.Nilgiri Mountain Train 3.Brihadeshwara Temple, Thanjavur  4.The Gangaikondan Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram 5. Airavatesvara Temple, Dharasuram, Kumbakonam   Those Temples (3,4,5) are collectively known as the " The Great living Chola Temples". Location: From my home(Athikadai, Thiruvarur District) Dharasuram is Apprx 40 km and from there  Gangaikonda Cholapuram is apprx 40 km.  From my home, Thanjavur Big Temple is Apprx 50 Km  Let's get started from the Magnificent Thanjavur  Brihadeshwara Temple. Visiting this Temple is simply amazing. Built by the Great King "Raja Raja Cholan, the Brihadeshwara Temple stand as an outstanding example of Architectural excellence of our ancestors.  This temple is 1016 years old. Fr