Tamil
Nadu - the land of Tamils is a state in Southern India known for its
temples and architecture, food, movies and classical Indian dance and
Carnatic music. The languages spoken here are predominantly Tamil (also
written as Thamizh) and English in the larger cities and metro capital
Chennai. It is the historical home of the famous Chera, Chola, Pandya and
Pallava kingdoms which thrived in ancient and medieval India.Tourist
attractions - Hill stations - Ooty, Kodaikanal and Yercaud , Mamallapuram-
Pallava dynasty rock cut temples , Kanchipuram-temples and sarees,
Tiruvannamalai-temples , Thanjavur-temples , Thiruchy - temples, fort ,
Kumbakonam-famous upilliyapan temple , Chidambaram- the seat of the cosmic
dancer Nataraja , Sirkazhi , Palani - A Murugan Hill Temple , Madurai -
one of the oldest cities of Tamilnadu, documented since 4th century BC,
seat of Kadai Sangam (a sort of ancient conference on the Tamil language).
Once the capital of the ancient Pandiyans, the city is famous for the
Meenakshi-Sundareswarar Shrine. Poompuhar, for its heritage of sculpture ,
Swamithoppe for the Ayya Vaikunda Avataram festival. Kanniyakumari (Cape
Comorin), the southern-most tip of peninsular India, where you can find
the Kanniyakumariamman temple on the sea shore where the mookuthy (nose
stud) which is in the face of goddess shines so much that it guided ships
passing by.Vivekanandha Rock,Saint Thiruvalluvar Statue ,Rameswaram
Ramanathaswamy Temple
