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India offers a different aspect of her personality – exotic, extravagant, elegant, eclectic -- to each traveller to the country. In this section, we aim to help you choose that particular experience which will shape your vision of the country.

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Experience India

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- EXPERIENCE INDIA
  
  A myriad expressions of India’s heritage and traditions
  
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- History
  
  India’s dynamic history is, in a sense, a microcosm of human history itself
  
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- Geography
  
  The awe-inspiring scale and diversity of India’s terrain
  
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- Understanding India
  
  A single aspect about India that cannot be disputed is its plurality. India represents a unique mixture of ethnic groups, myriad languages, varieties of topography and climate, a profusion of religions and cultural practices, and a range of levels of economic development. It is an ageless civilisation, the birthplace of four major religions, where 17 major languages and 22,000 dialects are spoken. It has 51 percent literacy, yet it has the world’s largest pool of scientists and engineers. India is more than the sum of its contradictions, and there exists not just one India but many Indias. What better way to gain an understanding of this complex and contradictory country than through its culture and traditions?
  
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  - Dance
    
    A myriad expressions of India’s heritage and traditions
    
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- Cuisine
  
  Pamper your palate with exotic, diverse Indian cuisine
  
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Destinations

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Madurai

The oldest existing city in the Indian peninsula and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Madurai is richly steeped in cultural heritage. The city, earlier known as Madhurapuri, grew around a huge temple built by Pandian King Kulasekhara 2,500 years ago. Madurai became famous during the Sangam period through the third and last conglomeration of Tamil scholars, which existed for more than 100 years. The city was the magnificent capital of Pandya kings and visited by travellers such as Megasthenes (302 BC), Pliny (77 AD), Ptolemy (140 AD), Marco Polo (1203 AD) and Ibu Batuta (1333 AD). Today, Madurai is synonymous with the awe-inspiring Meenakshi-Sundareswarar Temple.

Temperature	Summer: 37.1 - 25 C Winter: 29 - 20 C
Season	Throughout the year
Clothing	Tropical
Language spoken	Tamil, English, Hindi, Sourashtran
STD Code	0452
Tourism Office	Hotel Tamil Nadu Complex, West Veli Street, Madurai-1. Tel: 0452 2334757

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