Going mad in Madurai

On the final leg of the India trip towards Madras(Chennai)I decided to go to Madurai on of the best decisions. Met up with two lovely ladies who became my travel companions for the next few days. Madurai is famous for its spectacular Meenakshi temple built over a period of 600 years its a mix of various influences but I think (from my now nearly expert temple knowledge) mostly Hindu. Its a wonderful place and making the effort to go at sunrise (yes again!) reduced the crowds and touts. Acres of temple and artifacts in a gallery that most UK museums would have wet dreams over !
we stumbled upon a massive market where I decided to have some clothes made by a great little tailor (one of thousands in the city) to replace my trusty linen trousers that rippd on a rickshaw !oh and a shirt and skirt and matching bag just because... The market sold everything from pots and pans to beautiful silk scarves and silver jewllery...it was heather heaven ! When not parting with cash at the market just watching the city be with a cold beer from the rooftop bars was wonderful.





6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well its a good job you didnt take too much stuff if you are filling your bag with indian goodies :-) All is well here, the autumn is arriving. Off on our (short!) holidays next week, good to hear you enjoying yourself. Loads of love xxx

dawn said...

Dearest Heather, just enjoying reading your marvellous stories. Travel obviously agrees with you, you look like a goddess!Glad to see you managed to find the local branch of Dainty Toys!
My head is still spinning from an inspirational trip to Johannesburg ( had a similar prawn experience! )
Love, light and laughter.xx

Gareth and Hannah said...

Wow - wish I had been at the market with you. Any photos of your new garments?! Can't believe your Primark linen trousers ripped!!! Were they the red or brown ones?! Keep in touch. Love H&G

Joe. P said...

Hi heather
Your looking great. I'm so pleased that the trip looks to be everything we thought it would be. I'm soooo jealous; bring me some prawns back I love them!

Unknown said...

Well Mark and I have been keeping up with you - he is very jealous.

Miss you loads and everything looks amazing . . . . . I wanted to fly out and go shopping with you . can we do that instead of New York???? pretty colours, Stacy Like!

Big hugs -
write more soon - highlight of my day!

XXXXX S & M. XXXXXXX

Robyn said...

Hi Heather, so cool to read about your adventures, looking forward to your next story! We are also really looking forward to catching up with you in person soon, take care! Love Robyn and all the NZ family :-)