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SOUTH INDIA
The climax of the subcontinent; raw cut of the sculpture of medieval India to crescent sands, eye-lashed with palms; the song of the south with its haunting melody.
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Out of plains of Tamil rise Dravidian temples dating back 5,000 years their stonework as fine as petrified lace. The white- headed brahmini kites dot the blue sky of
Kerala above a slow boat ploughing the backwaters. Karnataka whose mountains tumble into the Arabian Sea.
Up to the high Nilgiris, where buffalo graze beside wild ibex in cracked pastures. Through the medieval streets of
Bijapur to its domed palaces, mosques and bazaars and Hampi, the potent ruins, the echoing showpiece of India's mightiest Hindu empire.
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Beyond the rice fields, lagoons, coconut groves, the herds of wild elephants and plantations, we will show you the heart of the South
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- The mighty Hindu dynasties of yore represented by the
magnificent temple cities of Madurai, Mahabalipuram,
Vijaynagar and others.
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- Kerala's vast, bright theatre: the elephant parade of
tuskers, the snake boat races that churn the stillness
of the backwaters or the evocative dance of Kathakali,
the stories of life, of loss, of history.
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