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Tour Packages to Temples of South India - Southern India is scattered with places of religious interest. There are several towns that are cited as the temple towns owing to the grandeur of the temples they are home to.

South India Temples - Rameshwaram along with being a major pilgrimage for the Hindus is a nice holiday spot too. Rameshwaram is significant for the Hindus as a pilgrimage to Benaras is unfinished without a Pilgrimage to Rameshwaram. Rameshwaram is also referred to as the 'Benaras of the south'. The masterwork of Dravidian architecture has the largest temple corridor in India.
The temple comprises of twenty-two wells where the taste of the water of each well is different from the other. The waters of the wells are believed to possess medicinal properties. There are various festivities at the Ramanatha Swamy Temple of Rameshwaram like Thai Amavasai, Masi Sivarathiri, Thirukalyanam and Mahalaya Amavasai.

Mahabalipuram is a temple town situated along the shores of the Bay of Bengal in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The sculptural variety of the rock-cut temples is reflective of the artistic tastes of the former Pallava rulers. The temple is the birthplace of a new style of architecture, which came to be known as the South India Temples architecture. The sculptural of Mahabalipuram is a living testimony of the artistic nature of the Pallavas in South Indian art.

Tirumala-Tirupati is the abode of the legendary Lord of the Seven Hills. Tirupati is one of the most famous shrines in the country where never-ending worship of the Lord has been carried out for over thirteen centuries. The view of the deity profusely ornamented from tip to toe is in itself awe-inspiring. The idol of Sri Venkateswara has attributes of both Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer-two of the three aspects of the Hindu Trinity.

Krishnadeva Raya, the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, built The Vithala Temple at Hampi. It has a brilliant stone chariot in the courtyard of the temple. It has 56 musical pillars, which echo with musical chimes when struck. The temple has variety of styles that is characterized in the shrines within the temple courtyard and in the delicacy of the carvings that adorn them. The temple stands over a large rectangular enclosure. The three lofty gopuras on the east, north and south sides are now in a falling down condition.

This style developed in the Dravida Desam. The Vimana and the Gopurams are the distinctive characteristics of the Southern style. The Vimana is a tall pyramidal tower consisting of several progressively smaller stories. This stands on a square base. The Gopuram has two stories separated by a horizontal molding. The outer wall envelops the main shrine as well as the other smaller shrines. The Pallavas, the Cholas, the Pandyas, the Vijayanagar rulers, the Nayaks all contributed to the Travel to Temples of South India.

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