Feb. 13 Chettinad Part 2

We made a stop in Trichy and were lucky to see THE Temple elephant.

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THE Trichy Rock

We visited THE Sir  Ranganathaswamy Temple. It us THE Third largest Temple in India with 49 separate shrines all dedicated to Vishnu, THE preserver of THE universe..

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Chettinad is THE Cultural home of THE Chettiars who made their Fortune as money lenders and metchants. Most migrated in THE 19th and 20th centuries to new business ventures from where they sent back lavish furnishings to outfit their magnificent mansions. There are 101 and most are only Used a few days each year.

 

 

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Staying At a wonderful heritage hotel and THE rooms are huge,

 

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It’s a weird ghost like town…. Beautiful Art Deco homes…

 

 

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We stop in at another weaver and finally made it back to the hotel where hot Marsala tea awaited us.

another great day!!

 

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