For a tourist, a visit to Tamil Nadu is certainluy a most rewarding experience with the state offering a variety of pleasures ranging from ancient and beautiful temples to lovely beaches and exciting hill resorts. For the cultural tourist, Tamil Nadu abound in temples, making it the richest temple state of India. From the Meenakshi, Chidambaram, Tiruchirapali and Tanjore, there is a whole gamut of them. With their towering and ornate, gopurams or gateways they have a power and quality to attract and entice. The temples are almost a quintessential expression of the Dravadian style of culture art and architecture that of the Pallava, the Chola and the Pandya dynasties.
For the beach enthusiast there are the beautiful beaches Mamallapuram, Chennai Kanyakumari, Rameswaram and Pitchavaram where one can combine a relaxing beach holiday with a visit to some of India’s oldest monuments, while the hill resorts beckon those in search o relaxation and to lovers of nature. The capital city of Chennai (formerly Madras) is today the fourth largest city of India and an important gateway to south India