4 Days South Trip

I have welcomed 2008 by having one of the exciting trip to South India. We were 4 friends on the 4 day trip. We have covered arnd 1500 KM on the car in these 4 days. We started on 28th nite and our first destination was Madurai.Madurai is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu.Madurai was built by the Pandyan king Kulasekhara and was the capital city of the great Pandya kings of South India. Madurai's cultural heritage goes back 2500 years, and the city has been an important commercial center(Source - Wikipedia)...We reached Maduraion 29th afternoon. We found out some gud place to stay and took rest. After having lunch, we decided to explore the city.

Our reason of visiting it was Meenakshi Temple. One of South India's great temple towns, Madurai is synonymous with the celebrated Meenakshi Temple.It is dedicated to Lord Shiva (in the form of Sundareswarar or Beautiful Lord) and his consort, Goddess Parvati (in the form of Minakshi). The temple forms the heart and lifeline of Madurai.
The temple has a stunning architecture and a significant testimony for Vishwakarma Brahmins for their master architecture in sculpting this temple.This was a frontrunner in the election for the modern seven wonders of the world for its architectural importance.
After visting the temple, we roam around in the city. We planned to spend nite in Madurai and to start for Rameshwaram early morning....