South India Pilgrimage Tour - Gateway to the Religious India

India is a vast land and inhabited by people of various religious faiths and it is religious land where tourists can find a lot of exciting pilgrimage places. It is the birth place of many religions. Being a religious land, India is home to innumerable temples, mosques, churches, gurdwaras and other religious structures that are included in pilgrimage tours to India. India is a perfect destination for spiritual tours and pilgrimage tours. South India has several sacred and important pilgrimage destinations of India. Pilgrimages in South fascinates worldwide tourists as it offers the most relaxing and enthralling holiday one can ever think about. South India pilgrimage tour is one of the most destinations amongst various pilgrimages of India favored by soothing weather throughout the year. On South India Pilgrimage Tour with India Travel Portal, you can visit the fascinating pilgrimage towns of Tirupati, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram, Tanjore, Kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram and Tiruchirapalli among other pilgrimage towns.

Tirupati:

Tirupati, one of the richest temples in the country, is the most venerated Vaishnavite shrine of Lord Venkateswara. The most important place of interest at the place is the historic shrine of Sri Venkateswara, the Lord of Seven Hills, who is famous all over the country. On the Tirupati Trip ancient and sacred temple of Sri Venkateswara is located on the seventh peak, Venkatachala (Venkata Hill) of the Tirupati Hill, and lies on the southern banks of Sri Swami Pushkarini.It is by the Lord's presidency over Venkatachala, that He has received the appellation, Venkateswara.Other popular tourist attractions in Tirupati are Swami Pushkarini Lake, Varaha Swami temple, Anjaneya temple, Govindaraja Swami temple, Papavinasasun tirthum, Japali tirthum, Padmavati temple, Kodanda Ram swami temple and many more.

Guruvayoor:

The fourth biggest temple in India in terms of the number of devotees per day, Guruvayoor Temple dedicated to Lord Krishna. There are a lot of mural paintings around the Shrine. Being one of the most sacred and important pilgrim centers of Kerala, it is probably the only temple in the state that hosts the maximum number of marriages and rice feeding ceremony, the ritual first meal for infants. The outer enclosure has a 33.5-m tall gold-plated flag post and there is also a 7 m high pillar of lamps, whose thirteen circular receptacles provide a truly brilliant spectacle, when lit. The square 'Sreekovil' is the sacred sanctum sanctorum of the temple, housing the main deity.Appreciate its architectural beauty and indulge yourself in taking Guruvayoor Temple photos.

Madurai: 

Madurai City is one of the oldest cities of southern India. During the rule of the Nayaks, the bulk of the Madurai Meenakshi temple was built, the main attraction for visitors, today. Madurai also became the cultural center of the Tamil people. The Meenakshi temple is an excellent example of Dravidian architecture, with gopurams or multi pillared halls, covered from top to bottom, in a profusion of multicolored images of gods, goddesses, animals and mythical figures. The temple occupies an area of around six hectares, and has four entrances to it. The museum called the Temple Art Gallery, is located within the temple and contains beautiful stone and brass images examples of South Indian scripts, friezes and attempts to explain the Hindu pantheon and many other legends associated with it.

Bull Temple:

Bull Temple is situated in the capital city of Bangalore. The main attraction of the Bull temple is the 4.57-m high and 6.10-m long image of Nandi - the Lord Shiva's bull. The Temple has a giant bull (4.6 meters tall), carved out of a single boulder. Originally the color of bull Nandi was gray which has now turned black due to the continues applying of coconut oil by the devotees on the holy bull deity. The charm of the Bull temple is its carving; the statue of the bull has been carved out of a single granite rock. The sculpture attracts thousands of devotees from far and wide areas. The temple is occupied throughout the year with religious ceremony and events held in the temple premises.The legend goes that the Bull Temple was built to appease a bull that used to consume and destroy all the groundnuts and peanuts cultivated in this area.