South India Culture and Sights

These Portuguese built monuments were influential in the spread of Manueline, Mannerist and Baroque art in Asia. . The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies – particu...

Turbulent history and a feast for the eyes in the prestigious building of Cochin . The lovely old wall paintings are famous but the architecture is also worth a visit - the so-called Dutch Palace is par...

These rock carved sanctuaries contain wonder such as chariot shaped temples, giant reliefs, and thousands of Shiva statues. This group of sanctuaries, founded by the Pallava kings, was carved out of ro...

The largest bas-relief in the world, one hour from Madras . The huge relief is carved into two enormous rocks. The gap between them is included in the picture: It represents the Ganges which was sent to...

A place of pilgramage for more than 1000 years - with the largest Jain-statue . In this case it’s take off the shoes and climb up the 614 stone steps of the Indragiri hill like pilgrims have for over a ...

The temple of the empire of Hoysala . The Hoysala Empire and his capital Halebid were destroyed by Muslim troops of the Delhi sultanate in 1311 but the temple remained. The master builder of the temple ...

The last Capital of the Hindu Kingdom of Viajayanagar, Hampi was pillaged and abandoned by the Deccan Muslim Confederacy in 1565. The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital of the last ...

The broad, almost rectangular temple site is located in the center of the old city east of the station. The nine steep stairway towers surprise with a character and color noise densely crowded gods, a...

Mira Richard founded Auroville 1968, the city, 12 km away from Pondicherry, a peace and harmony project. Settlers from many countries and cultures came to agriculture, technology and crafts together e...