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Njengomntwana ndandicinga ukuba le mizila ka-Edward Lear, inkosi yaseNgilani yenkulungwane ye-19 yemibongo engenantsingiselo, ichaza ikhaya lemilingo likaYonghy, umlinganiswa wakhe oncomekayo. Kwakunjalo ngokungcangcazela kovuyo, njengaxa kwaqala ukupela, ndafika e-Chennai, e-India nase-aposos mpuma-mpuma woLwandle- eyona Coast yase Coromandel. ULear ngokwakhe watyelela isixeko kwii-1870s, xa zazibizwa ngokuba yiMadras.

Iindlela eziphambili zothutho zikaLear emva koko yayiziinqwelo zeenkomo kunye nezitulo ze-sedan. Ndinombulelo ukukhwela kwiToyota minivan eyayikhokelwa ngumqhubi wam, uS.Jayapaul Sreenevasan, inene lembeko yenkundla enxibe iimpahla ezimhlophe qwa, eyayihamba ikomkhulu eligqumayo lelizwe laseTamil Nadu ngomxube wemithambo-luvo. Ixesha lokubaleka lasekuseni lalinyinyithekile ziimoto, ikhwelo, kunye nomoya onetyiwa weBay of Bengal. Hidesign, ivenkile e Chennai. UMahesh Shantaram

I-Tamil Nadu inokucingelwa ngcono namhlanje njengelizwe ngaphakathi kwelizwe. Phantsi kwenkokeli yayo enomtsalane, uJayalalithaa Jayaram (osweleke ngesiquphe ngeyoMnga ephelileyo, efaka lo mmandla kukungaqiniseki kwezopolitiko), waba yenye yezona ndawo zizinzileyo neziphuhlileyo eIndiya. Abahlali bayo abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-70 banika amandla uqoqosho lwesithathu ngobukhulu kwilizwe laseIndiya, kunye nemveliso yekhaya epheleleyo eyi- $ 130 yezigidigidi. Nangona iTamil Nadu yamkele okwangoku, inkcubeko kunye nolwimi lwesiTamil, oluqala kumawakawaka eminyaka, luhlala luphilile ngamandla. Iitempile nobuncwane bakarhulumente kudala zitsala abahambi kunye nabantu abasuka kwezinye iindawo zaseIndiya, kodwa aziqhelananga neendwendwe zangaphandle. Kungenxa yokuba iTamil Nadu khange ixhomekeke ngokwezoqoqosho ekuphuhliseni iziseko zokhenketho njengakwezinye iindawo zaseIndiya, njengeKerala engummelwane, kungoku nje kukho inani leehotele ezintle eziza kurhulumente. Banikezela ngendlela efanelekileyo yokufumana imbali ephilayo eyahlukeneyo yaseTamil Nadu, ebandakanya izikhumbuzo zabalawuli bamandulo bamandulo, iinkqubo zokomoya ze-hermetic, kunye noluntu olwahlulwayo. Ukususela kwimibhalo kwindawo yokungcwaba i-Adichanallur eqoshwe ngo-500 BC kwitempile enkulu yaseMeenakshi eMadurai apho kwenziwa khona amasiko ayimfihlakalo ebusuku, kuninzi onokukufumanisa, nkqu nakwabahambi rhoqo ukuya eIndiya.

Ukufika kwethu emaphethelweni eKhennai, uSreenevasan wakhomba kwikomkhulu eliqaqambileyo leenkampani ezininzi zetekhnoloji yamanye amazwe. Izakhiwo zazikhangeleka ngokungathandekiyo ngokungathandekiyo ecaleni kwamachibi kunye namachibi apho ii-egrets zazinyathela kwaye amafama axhasayo alinda amasimi erayisi, kanye njengokuba ayenjalo ngexesha likaLear.

Sreenevasan kwaye saqhuba iiyure ezininzi sihamba kwindawo ephindaphindwayo yamasimi erayisi, imithi yesundu kunye neelali ezincinci de safika kubuncwane bokuqala bonxweme, idolophu elahlekisayo yasePondicherry. Ngokusemthethweni iPuducherry ukusukela ngo-2006 (nangona ndingazange ndilive igama elitsha lisetyenziswa), yindawo ebuthathaka neentyatyambo, exakekile ziintaka noonombombiya, esabonakalisa iinkulungwane zolawulo lwaseFrance. Le yenye yezinto ezingaqhelekanga zikaTamil Nadu; Ngelixa i-Bhritane yathimba phantse lonke i-India, i-France yagcina iindawo ezimbalwa ezincinci kwi-Coromandel Coast, kubandakanya ne-Pondicherry, eyayilawula ukusuka kwi-1674 ukuya kwi-1954. Emva kwenkululeko, abanye abaPondicherria bakhetha ukuba ngabemi base-France. Namhlanje, isiFrentshi asinampembelelo ingako kune indlela yobomi .

Ndicinga ngesiFrentshi ixesha elininzi, utshilo uChristian Aroumougam eCafé des Arts, eRue Suffren. Wazalelwa ePondicherry kwaye wafunda khona naseFrance, apho wabaleka khona isikolo seyoga de wabuyela eIndiya ukunceda abazali bakhe bathathe umhlala phantsi. Umthetho waseFrance kwiPondicherry wawungekho rhabaxa njengolawulo lwaseBritane kwiIndiya iphela, u-Aroumougam ucacisile. Babezinyamezele ngakumbi kwaye bezivumela izithethe zasekuhlaleni kunye nobugcisa. Ubonile umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaJoseph Dupleix?

Irhafu yobhedu kwirhuluneli yenkulungwane ye-18 yePondicherry, enxibe kakuhle idyasi ende kunye neebhutsi zokukhwela, imi kwi-plinth ngaselwandle. Njengemiqondiso yezitalato zaseFransi, ukutya kwekota yesiFrentshi, kunye netricolor ebhabha ngaphezulu koonozakuzaku baseFrance, luphawu lokuzingca kwilifa elingaqhelekanga likaPondicherry. Oo Hawkers abathengisa iimpahla ezitalatweni ngaphandle kwetempile iMeenakshi Amman. UMahesh Shantaram

Isiseko sam yayiyiLa Villa, ihotele eyonwabisayo kwindlu yobukoloniyali ehlaziyiweyo kunye nokuqamba kobugcisa, njengezitepsi ezijikelezayo ezikhokelela echibini elijongwa ngamagumbi amahle. Rhoqo ngorhatya, ndandihamba ndisiya kudibana nesihlwele sabakhweli beenqwelomoya abahamba ngaselwandle lwasePondicherry. Siye sanandipha ubundlobongela obuluhlaza obuluhlaza beBay of Bengal ugqabhuko lwamanzi apholileyo kunye nomoya opholileyo wolwandle. KwiLe Café, indawo yokutyela elunxwemeni, abafundi kunye neentsapho basela ikhefi okanye ukutya kwaye batya idosi ngexa phesheya kwendlela amadoda ayedlala iibhola . Babuza ngendlela efanayo yokucamngca, izandla emva kwemiqolo yabo, loo manene kulo lonke elaseFrance amkela xa bephosa iibhola zentsimbi. Phakathi kwemijikelo, omnye wathetha ngokufutshane kum.

Ndisebenze amapolisa eParis iminyaka engamashumi amabini, utshilo. Ewe siyayikhathalela iFrance. Amajoni avela kwiPondicherry alwela iFrance eVietnam.

Njengokuba ebuyela kumdlalo wakhe, ndaye ndacinga ngemeko yasemhlabeni yale ndawo: imibala eqaqambileyo yesaris yabafazi ekhazimla elwandle, ubumdaka kwimithunzi ebunayo yeeboulevards, olona hlobo lukhulu emoyeni. Ayisiyongxaki yokuba enye yeemveliso zePondicherry yimeko yokomoya. Ngomnyaka we-1910, ubuzwe baseNdiya, imbongi kunye nendoda engcwele uSri Aurobindo, ebalekela isigunyaziso saseBrithani sokubamba ukuvukela, wafika ePondicherry. Ekhuselekile kummandla waseFransi, waqala ukushumayela ukukhanya kunye nokuziphendukela kwemvelo ngeyoga kunye nokucamngca. U-Aurobindo kunye nomfundi wakhe, uMirra Alfassa, waseParis onobukroti awathi wambhaptiza uMama, waseka iSri Aurobindo Ashram ePondicherry e1926. Iipilgrim zatsalwa yinkolelo ka-Aurobindo yokuba ubunye nothixo abuthethi ukulahla umhlaba kodwa ukuguqula intando. Iinjongo zokuzingca kwinyani kunye nenkonzo yenyani enkulu kune-ego, njengoko wabhalayo kwimemori yakhe. Namhlanje, i-ashram ibonelela ngokutya kunye nendawo yokuhlala kumakhulu kwaye ikhokela ubomi bamawaka. Ikomkhulu layo, ilayibrari, indawo yokutyela, umsebenzi wokupapasha, ishishini lokuhombisa, iposi, kunye neevenkile zigcinwe kwizakhiwo zekoloniyali ezihlanganiswe kumantla ePondicherry's Quarter yaseFrance.

Omnye wabalandeli baka-Aurobindo bexesha langoku nguJagannath Rao N., i-sexagenarian enamandla eyandixelela ukuba ukudibana noMama yayisesinye seziganeko ezinkulu zobomi bakhe. Ndandineminyaka elishumi nane, kwaye ndaziva ngathi zonke iingxaki zam zisonjululwe, wakhumbula. Wayebonakala enempendulo kuyo yonke into. URao N., ochithe umsebenzi wakhe kurhwebo lwedayimane, ulivolontiya e-ashram. Ngumsebenzi wakhe, wathi, Silahla ukuzingca kwethu. Akukho msebenzi mncinci okanye mkhulu.

Iikhilomitha ezimbalwa kumantla ePondicherry kulele iAuroville, indawo yoluntu u-Alfassa eyasekwa ngo-1968, xa wayeneminyaka engama-90, kwindawo eyayibharhile ngelo xesha. Eyibiza ngokuba sisixeko sakusasa, wakhulelwa i-Auroville njenge dolophu enikezelwe kwiindlela ezintsha zokuphila: engenamali, eyamazwe aphesheya, ezinikele kuxolo nemvisiswano yokomoya. Namhlanje, ihlala ngaphezulu kwamahektare angama-2 000, ihlala abantu abangama-2 000 abavela kumazwe angama-43 abahlala kunye phantsi komthi wezigidi ezi-2 zemithi abazityalileyo. Ii-Aurovilians ziqhuba amashishini kwicandelo elisusela kwitekhnoloji ukuya kumalaphu. Indawo ekugxilwe kuyo kwikhampasi yiMatrimandir, indawo yokucamngca ngaphakathi kwisakhiwo esifana nebhola yegolufa enkulu yegolide kwindlela engenabala. Abaveleli bamkelekile ukuba bahlale e-Auroville, baye kwiikhosi, bavolontiye umsebenzi wabo, bajoyine iseshoni yeyoga, okanye ixesha lokucamngca ngencwadi eMatrimandir. Ekhohlo: Iziko lokucamngca eAuroville, kufutshane nePondicherry. Ngasekunene: La Villa, ihotele kwindlu yangaphambili yobukoloniyali ePondicherry. UMahesh Shantaram

Kwi-Café yase-Dreamer, eyinxalenye yesakhiwo esineevenkile kunye nee-boutique kwiziko lolwazi, ndadibana nomnye wabahlali abatsha base-Auroville, uMarlyse, 70, ohamba ngegama lakhe kuphela. Wachaza uhambo olwalumzise apha kwiinyanga ezintathu ngaphambili evela eSwitzerland. Ndisebenze kwi-IT yequmrhu, utshilo. Kwafuneka ndikhulise umntwana wam! Emva koko ndafumana iwebhusayithi yeAuroville kwaye ndayazi kwangoko-kulapho ndihlala khona.

Kwimpahla yakhe yelinen, ipenti yamaMaori efanekisela ubuhlobo obujinga entanyeni yakhe, uMarlyse wabonisa umdla kwimpilo yakhe entsha. Ndifuna ukufaka isandla kule nto, utshilo. I-Auroville yenza kube lula ukuba unephupha. Uyinxalenye yeqela eliphuhlisa ukuthuthwa kombane kubahlali, exhasa ngenxalenye yeshishini kwimali yakhe ayongileyo. Ukufika kwakhe wothuka, wathi, zizithuthuthu zonke. Xa engazinikeli kule projekthi, uMarlyse usebenza ngasemva kwedesika yolwazi nakwiwebhusayithi. Uvavanywa ngamanye ama-Aurovilians, oya kuthi athathe isigqibo sokuba unazo na iimpawu zomsebenzi kunye nomsebenzi wokuhlala njengelungu elipheleleyo loluntu.

Ngapha kuthi abantu abancinci badibana nee-laptops zabo. Ukukholelwa kwiimfundiso zikaMama kunye no-Aurobindo akusafuneki, uMarlyse wachaza- kodwa kuya kufuneka usebenze. Amalungu oluntu asebenza iintsuku ezintandathu ngeveki. Imozulu yayiyenye yemincili ezolileyo, ekhutheleyo kwaye ezinikele kwinto engaphaya kokuqhubela phambili.

Ngorhatya olulandelayo ndazifumana ndise-Thanjavur ngasemva kwe-moped, ndiluka ngendlela eyoyikisayo nge-traffic ngathi lilitye le-avalonche. Umqhubi wam, u-K. T. Raja, owayengoyisi kwaye enesidima, wayephephezela isigodlo sakhe rhoqo, engakhange ajonge ekunene, ngasekhohlo, nangasemva, ehamba ngolwazelelo nangokholo. Njengoko isixeko sidlulayo, ndacinga ngoLear kwakhona: Ubundlobongela kunye nolonwabo olumangalisayo kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zobomi kunye nokunxiba apha. Inzolo yeAuroville yayiziva ikude.

Ngentsasa, uRaja, uMkhokeli wabaKhenkethi oQeqeshwe kuRhulumente, njengoko ibheji yakhe yatsho, waqhubekeka nemfundo yam kwibali likaThanjavur. Isixeko sasilikomkhulu lobukhosi bamaxesha aphakathi kweChola, eyathi kwiminyaka eli-1 000 eyadlulayo yanwenwela emazantsi eIndiya, emantla eSri Lanka naseMaldives. Sajikeleza iBrihadisvara, itempile eyomeleleyo egqitywe nguKing Rajaraja I ngonyaka we-1010, sibuka umqondiso wayo wokutyikitywa, inqaba egwadle iorenji e-orenji ehonjiswe ngamawaka, amanani, kunye neekona. Sijoyine umgca wabazinikeleyo eShiva esele yenziwe yonke imihla kangangeenkulungwane. Siqhubele phambili kwiintsika ezibaziweyo embindini wendlu engcwele, apho umbingeleli waphakamisa ipiramidi yomlilo eyenziwe ngamakhandlela amancinci. Ukukhwaza kwesihlwele kwenza ukuba igumbi likhale ngesikhungo. Umsebenzi we bharata natyam , Uhlobo lomdaniso wamandulo waseIndiya, ngaphandle kwetempile yaseBrihadisvara. UMahesh Shantaram

Iitempile zithetha ingqesho, wandixelela uRaja. Ukuba abantu banemisebenzi kunye nokutya, kukho umdaniso, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, ukupeyinta. Iiparakeets kunye ne-swifts zabhabha phezu kweendonga ezinkulu kwaye zijikeleze ilitye le-80 yeetoni-ephakanyisiwe, utshilo uRaja, ziindlovu eziyidlulise kummango omkhulu wodongwe owawusiya phezulu.

Siye safunda umzobo omkhulu kaNandi, inkunzi yenkomo engcwele kaShiva, eyaqala ngenkulungwane ye-16. Kufuphi, kwakukho imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaShiva eyayibonakala ineengalo ezine kunye nemilenze emine. Zombini ezi zinto bezizezokuzinikela kunye nokufundisa, utshilo uRaja, ebonisa ubuthixo obubetha ezibini ngexesha elinye. Ngaphakathi kwiRoyal Palace, ngoku eyimyuziyam, wandibonisa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yobhedu yenkulungwane ye-11 kaShiva kunye neqabane lakhe elihle uParvati, uthixokazi wenzala, uthando kunye nokuzinikela. Izacholo zabo ezinesacholo kunye nezacholo zonke zingaxutywanga kukudumba kokuhamba kwezihlunu zabo. Ekhohlo: Ikofu yemitha eSvatma. Ngasekunene: isidlo sasemini sethali yemifuno eSvatma. UMahesh Shantaram

Emva koko, ndabuyela eSvatma, ihotele entsha kwindlu enkulu yomrhwebi kwikota yesine yeThanjavur. Ifilosofi yayo ixhomekeke kubudlelwane phakathi komzimba ophilileyo kunye nengqondo ethe cwaka. Indawo yokutyela ayihlambulukanga, umlindi wam wandazisa, okuthetha ukuba isebenza kuphela imifuno. Ekuqaleni kwesidlo ngasinye esimnandi, wabonisa itreyi yamatswele, iipepile, ii-eggplants, iitapile, kunye neziqholo, njengomntu ocela ukutya umceli-mngeni wokucinga ukuba umpheki angayitshintsha njani indlela yokutya ibe zii-curry kunye neesosi azokukhawuleza khonza.

EMazantsi eThanjavur, imbonakalo yomhlaba iya isiba yomile kwaye ingabi nabantu abaninzi. Iliwa lenyengane liphakamile ngaphezulu kwethafa. Ndandifikile kummandla weenkolelo ezingaziwayo nezingaqondakaliyo zaseIndiya. Enye yeyobuJain, eyasekwa ngenkulungwane yesithandathu ngaphambi kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo. NguMahavira, iqabane likaBuddha. Ukucamngca, ukuzila ukutya, kunye nokwala nasiphi na isenzo esinokwenzakalisa esinye isidalwa esiphilayo, iiJain zikholelwa ekubeni, zikhokelela kwinkululeko yomphefumlo.

U-Sreenevasan ucime indlela ukuze sikwazi ukutyelela itempile yaseSittannavasal Cave, ityhubhu eneenyawo ezisibhozo eqengqwe eweni ngenkulungwane yesixhenxe ziingcibi zikaJain. Ngaphakathi kwakubizwa imifanekiso efana neBuddha mzantsiweb kunye nemizobo ebengezelayo ebonisa abantu benkolo, ii-swans kunye neentyatyambo ze-lotus. Sasime embindini sincumile. Ilitye laphakamisa isandi. Kwahlala emva kokuba sithe cwaka. Sasiyiva isitsho ngapha nangapha.

Kude ecaleni kwendlela, kwilali ekwanti yaseNamunasamudram, amakhulu amahashe e-terra-cotta ajikeleze indlela eya kwindawo engcwele. Ezi yayizizinto zakudala zokholo lwe-Aiyanar, igatya elinganayo lamaHindu elamkela abanquli bazo zonke iindidi kunye neenkolo ngokulinganayo. Ukubukela ngokuqatha kwamahashe kudityaniswe nokuthula okungcwele kwendlu engcwele kundinike imvakalelo ebukhali ngasemva kwentamo yam. Hlala kude namahashe, utshilo uSreenevasan. Kukho iinyoka. Ngaphakathi etempileni sifumene iidrapes kunye nemibala enemibala esele isandula ukushiyeka, kodwa akukho phawu lomntu - kuphela yimvakalelo yokujongwa ngelixa umi kumhlaba ongcwele. Ngaphakathi kwetempile yaseBrihadisvara, eThanjavur. UMahesh Shantaram

Imvakalelo yokwehla ngokuqhekeka kubomi besimanje iye yanzulu ekufikeni kwethu kummandla waseChettinad. Udidi lwabarhwebi abangamaHindu olulungelelaniswe kwisakhiwo sezindlu, iiChettiars zazizinzisa ngenkulungwane ye-17, ngokunokwenzeka ngokurhweba ngetyuwa. Inzala yabo yafika emva kwexesha ngenkulungwane ye-19 xa baqala ukuboleka imali kwiibhanki zaseBritane zekoloniyali kwaye bayiboleka kubarhwebi abancinci ngenzala ephezulu. Ubutyebi ababenzileyo babavumela ukuba baxhase ngemali ukwakhiwa kwezindlu ezingamawaka, ezininzi zikwisitayile se-Art Deco, ezilungiselelwe ukutshiza kweelali ezicwangcisiweyo. Umakhi waseParis uBernard Dragon, owandichazela ngembali yaseChettiar, uye wahlaziya enye yezindlu kwaye ngoku uyiqhuba njengehotele ephuphayo ebizwa ngokuba yiSaratha Vilas. Eyakhelwe ngo-1910, ngokulandelelana kweeholo kunye neeyadi kwi-marble yaseNtaliyane, iileyili ze-ceramic zesiNgesi, kunye ne-Burmese teak, zonke zilungelelaniswe ngokwemigaqo enkulu , ifilosofi yamaHindu yemvisiswano yoyilo.

Uninzi lweendawo zokuhlala ezingqonge zivaliwe kwaye ziyawohloka. UDragoni kunye neqabane lakhe bakhokela kwimizamo yokubalondoloza, bebhala ngezinto zabo ezimangalisayo kwaye besebenzisa, egameni likarhulumente waseTamil Nadu, kwi-UNESCO ukuba ikhuseleke. Kwidolophana yaseAthangudi, kwiLakshmi House-ebizwa ngegama lesithixokazi esasingumxhasi wobutyebi, oyintandokazi yaseChettiar-isango ligadwe yimifanekiso yamajoni amaKoloniyali awayethwele imipu neminqwazi yokuthwala iminqwazi, ubungqina bobudlelwane obuzuzisayo. Emva kwexesha, ndahamba ngemizila yelali yasePallathur, ndonwabile kulungelelwaniso lwezakhiwo lwezindlu ezinkulu nakwiindawo zokugcina ezinde zase-Italiya, iiparakeet kunye neenkonjana ngaphezulu, kunye nee-egrets ezazithontelana zisuka emasimini erayisi kwiingqayi ezidlakadlaka. Kuba ezi ndlela zimxinwa zincinci zineemoto, isandi sendawo yokuhlala iseyile nto yayiyinkulungwane eyadlulayo: ingoma yeentaka, iintsimbi zebhayisekile kunye nencoko ekude.

Wonke umntu endandidibana naye eTamil Nadu, ukusuka kubaqhubi ukuya koomama beshishini, babephatha amabali obudlelane bezithixo kunye nokuxabana okufana nesepha opera ekwabelwana ngayo. Iitempile ezinkulu kulapho baya khona ukubona la mabali emiselwe, kwaye akukho tempile inkulu kuneMeenakshi Amman eMadurai, esinye sezona zixeko zidala zihlala kuIndiya. Itempile iyakhankanywa kwiileta zikaMegasthenes, ummeli wase-Greek wenkulungwane yesithathu BC, ngelo xesha ngewayeneminyaka emalunga nama-300 ubudala. Uninzi lwezinto ezintsonkothileyo, nangona kunjalo, lwakhiwa ngenkulungwane ye-17 ngu-Thirumalai Naicker, umlawuli wobukhosi bakwaNayak kunye nomphathi wezobugcisa. UMeenakshi uhlala eyintliziyo yokomoya yaseMadurai, ezobe abahambi ngezonqulo abavela ngaphesheya kwe-subcontinent. Sisixeko esineehektare ezili-16 ngaphakathi kwesixeko, sikhuselwe ziinqaba ezili-14 ezisondelayo ezidibanisa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo. Kuba uninzi lwesiza luphahla ngaphezulu, ukuhamba ngaphakathi kufana nokungena kwi-citadel engaphantsi komhlaba. Emva kobumnyama, xa inyanga eshushu ikhanya ebumnyameni bobusuku, iindwendwe ziyangqubana emasangweni. Kuthiwa ishumi elinesihlanu lamawaka lisiza yonke imihla, kodwa indawo ngaphakathi inkulu kakhulu kangangokuba akukho kutyholwa.

Ndandihamba ngeepaseji eziphakathi kwamarhamncwa amatye, ndingahambisi ngexesha. Kwakungekho zifestile. Eli litye lalishushu phantsi kweenyawo. Amakha ayeneentyatyambo, amuncu, amnandi. Ndeva iintsimbi, kukhala, amazwi. Amadoda athandaza eguqe, ngokungathi aqubha kwi-slabs. Iimpephethi zidanyazisiwe, i-wax idonsile. Imizobo yayihonjiswe ngee-garland, i-oyile, i-vermilion, kunye neempawu ezimangalisayo zeshokho. Nanku uKali, umtshabalalisi, egalelwe kwiminikelo, iinyawo zakhe zigqunywe ngumgubo. Kwakukho imvakalelo yamandla awoyikekayo egcinwe kwitshekhi, ayanyanzeliswa kwaye abekwa. Ngasekhohlo: Meenakshi Amman temple, eMadurai. Ekunene: Roses kunye Imodeli kaMadurai , umahluko wendawo wejasmine, eSvatma, ihotele eseThanjavur. UMahesh Shantaram

Isihlwele esincinci sabukela umngcelele owenzeka ebusuku ukusukela kwinkulungwane ye-17. Kuqala kwafika amacangci, amagubu, kunye nexilongo, emva koko, bekhokelwa ngamadoda amabini aphethe iitrangili ezivuthayo, ipalanquin encinci, isilivere kunye nekhethini, ethwalwa ngabefundisi abane bendlu yaseShiva. Ngobungangamsha obukhulu, ababingeleli bayidlulisa ezantsi kwiindinyana nakwiindawo ezijikeleze iikona ukuya kwitempile yaseParvati. Babezisa izithandani zabo kunye. Babeka i-palanquin phantsi phambi kwamasango e-shrine ngelixa ibhendi idlala isingqi esinomdla, esidlalayo (abafundi ababini bejikeleza, befaka iifowuni kwiifowuni zabo), emva koko bayifaka ngamafu esiqhumiso. Inginginya icinezele komnye wababingeleli, ebathambise ngamabunzi ngomlotha ongwevu. Uye walungisa umnikelo we sandalwood paste, jasmine, kunye nemifuno, emva koko wayilayita ngomlilo. Isihlwele saphakamisa intswahla enkulu kwakhala ixilongo. Emva koko ababingeleli bathwala i-palanquin kwakhona, bathatha uShiva bangena ngaphakathi kwitempile kaParvati.

Kwakukho imimangaliso, iimvakalelo eziphakanyisiweyo phakathi kwesihlwele, kwaye sancuma omnye komnye. Nangona bendikhe ndabona kwaye ndibhala amanqaku, khange ndizive ndahlukile kule ndiyibonileyo, kodwa inxenye yayo, ngokungathi nam, bendidlale indima ekulaliseni oothixo. I-Tamil Nadu inale mpembelelo: ufika ngaphandle, ukuze ufumane ukuba uthatha inxaxheba.

Yintoni omele uyenze eTamil Nadu, eIndiya

Umsebenzi woKhenketho

Indwendwe Lethu Lo mqhubi osekwe kwisiXeko saseNew York ubonelela ngohambo lweTamil Nadu ngokuma e Chennai, Pondicherry, Madurai, nase Thanjavur. Yonke indawo yokuhlala, ugqithiselo, izikhokelo, kunye nemirhumo yokungena ifakiwe. ezobuntu.com ; Ubusuku obu-12 buvela kwi- $ 7,878, ezimbini.

Iihotele

I-Gateway Hotel Pasumalai Le manor yobukoloniyali ijikelezwe ziigadi kwaye inika umbono weenduli zePasumalai. Madurai; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 80.

Ihotele yaseVilla Indlu enomtsalane yekoloniyali enee-suites ezintandathu, ichibi eliseluphahleni, kunye nemenyu efanelekileyo. Iipondicherry; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi $ 180.

USaratha Vilas Indlu entle yeChettiar enamagumbi apholileyo, anetofotofo, ukutya okumnandi, kunye nomoya ocinga kakuhle. sarathavilas.com ; Chettinad; iphindwe kabini kwiidola ezili-125 .

Svatma Lo mhlaba mkhulu, ohlaziyiweyo unendawo yokutyela egqibeleleyo yemifuno kunye ne-spa. Zama i-detox massage, ephela kubusi, ubisi, kunye nokukhuhla ikhokhonathi. svatma.in ; Thanjavur; iphindwe kabini kwi $ 215.

Imisebenzi

I-Auroville Iindwendwe zamkelekile ukuba zibhukishe iiseshoni eMatrimandir, iziko lokucamngca elisembindini woluntu olungenantlonelo. auroville.org

Imyuziyam yePondicherry Eliziko elaziwayo liye lazaliswa yingqokelela yeemali, ii-bronzes, iiceramics, kunye neefrench-colonial artifact. I-St. Louis St., iPondicherry.

Ithala leencwadi laseSarasvati Mahal Uya kulifumana eli thala leencwadi eliphakathi kumabala eRoyal Palace eThanjavur. Izele yimibhalo yesandla enqabileyo, iincwadi, iimephu, kunye nemizobo. sbyenga.in

Utyelelo lwasetempileni Ukungena eBrihadisvara, Meenakshi Amman, kunye nezinye iisayithi zikhululekile, kodwa unokucelwa ukuba uhlawule ngokugcinwa kwezihlangu.