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Tamil Nadu & Chennai
Why Go?
Tamil Nadu is the homeland of one of humanity's living classical civilisations, stretching
back uninterrupted for two millennia and very much living on today in the Tamils' lan-
guage, dance, poetry and Hindu religion.
But this state with its age-old trading vocation is as dynamic as it is immersed in tradi-
tion. Fire-worshipping devotees who smear tikka on their brows in the famously spectacu-
lar Tamil temples may then head off to IT offices to develop new software applications -
and afterwards unwind in a stylish nocturnal haunt in rapidly modernising Chennai
(Madras).
When the heat and noise of Tamil Nadu's temple towns overwhelm, escape to the very
end of India where three seas mingle, or up to the cool, forest-clad, wildlife-prowled
Western Ghats. It's all packed into a state that remains proudly distinct from the rest of In-
dia, while at the same time being among the most welcoming.
When to Go
Jan The weather is at its (relative) coolest and Pongal (harvest) celebrations spill into the
streets.
Jul-Sep Head to the hill stations after the crowded, expensive 'season', weather is still
good.
Nov-Dec The full-moon festival of lights.
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