Madurai and Rameshwaram

Got up early, dressed traditionally and went to the Meenakshi Amman temple. Since photography is prohibited inside, no pics of that. The temple is very big and spacious and always crowded. Mornings are the best time to visit. There's a brass market around the temple. Explore that.

Traveled from Madurai to Rameshwaram via the scenic Pamban bridge. The sea on both sides is in direct contrast to each other. Checked-in in Hotel star palace. Went to Dhanushkoti all the way up to the very end. Its beautiful and very windy. Also went to Kalam arcade- thats a shop on President Kalam's house which also has a museum worth visiting. Bought the whitest shankh with a beautiful sound. Beware of duplicates. A lot of people cash-in on his name.

Got up in the wee hours of the morning to visit Rameshwaram temple for Spatik-linga darshan. This linga or 'mani' is kept on display only till 6am so you have to be really early.😁

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Since we were already there and had fortunately carried a change of clothes, we decided to go for the 23 kund snan thats optional but popular before the main shivling darshan. Hubby did the whole snan, I sprinkled water on myself to avoid changing clothes even though changing rooms are

available. (best decision in hindsight).