Since reading the book about Kaveri, marked places that are of historical importance on the river shore. Those are mostly ancient temples, bridges, falls and confluences. While this one is not of historic importance but a crossing near Erode on the river Kaveri. It is the next roadway bridge after Bhavani Kooduthurai, the familiar railway … Continue reading Trip to Kaveri Crossing – 1 (Vendipalayam Barrage)

On the way back home, we stopped at Krishnagiri dam for sight seeing. It’s 4 km from the highway and few kms before Krishnagiri junction. Monkeys welcomed us in the ticket counter, paying the entrance fee we stopped in front of the park. Park is at the front side of dam, well maintained and large … Continue reading Stop at KRP dam

Trip from Chennai to Erode had been mostly tiring with traffic, breaks which lead to long hours of journey. This time we took a short detour to 1008 shiva temple near Salem for a break. This temple is in a small hill with 1007 Linga/ Nandhi statues surrounding the hill. And the last shiva in … Continue reading A Short Detour

It was day 2 of our 3 days trip to Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Chidambaram. Kumbakonam is a temple town, almost every street has a temple. There are quite a few famous temples but we planned to visit only the architectural sites. After visiting Thanjavur temple, we chose to visit rest of the 3 complex Chola … Continue reading Trip to Kumbakonam

Thanjavur always brings in the image of its temples especially, the Brihadisvara temple. We visited Thanjavur for couple of days to go over its heritage sites. Day started with visit to Brihadisvara temple. It was crowded as any another holiday, Covid can be realised only with people wearing masks. In fact, less chance of keeping … Continue reading Trip to Thanjavur