South India is rich with nature’s treasures. Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats are beautiful locations and too good for trekking. Waterfalls around and lush green hill slopes, sun rays peeping through the forest grooves, beach cities and many more are to be visited. Tourists around the world arrive here to sleep in the nature lap. Few of the famous cities to be toured in south India are Madurai, Rameswaram, Trivandrum, Kanyakumari, Courtallam, Velankanni, Rameswaram, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Panchalankurichi and Cochin. Amazing thing is behind the nature beauty most of these cities are temple cities too. Had lot of beautiful and ancient temples which draws thousands of pilgrims round the year. Famous Temple cities are Madurai – for Goddess Meenakshi , Meenakshi Sundareshwar Temple, Rameswaram – Lord Shiva Temple , abode of Shiva Linga, Thiruchendur – Lord Subramanya Temple, Trivandrum – Lord Padmanabah Swamy Temple and Velankanni – Mother Mary Roman Catholic Church. All the cities listed above have temples built centuries ago. Rameswaram is considered to be the sacred only next to Kasi. Rameswaram is an Island where pilgrims after offering prayers to Lord Shiva take a trip to sight seeing. Velankanni draws crowds every year who believe once prayers offered to mother Mary in the Velankanni Church would bless them with good heath. Mother Mary here is known as lady of Good Health. Both Rameswaram and Velankanni are on the shores of Bay of Bengal and has beach visiting tourists too. Thiruchendur is also a beach city with Lord Subramanya temple on the shores. It is believed that Lord Subramanya, son of Lord Shiva had offered prayers to his father here after the war with demons. For the tourists who do not have enough time to spend few days visiting these south India’s tourist destinations they can avail special 1 day tour packages. Popular 1 day tour packages are for Courtallam, Kanyakumari, Nagarcoil, Tenkasi, Thenmalai, Manjolai, Thiruchendur, Rameswaram and Manimuthar & Pabanasam. Courtallam Falls also called Kutraalam Falls are very special here. In one day trip the places covered in and around Courtallam are Main Falls, Old Falls, Five Falls, Tiger Falls and Sittraruvi, Shenbagadevi Falls. It is advised not to miss Courtallam Falls and if one finds good time then can plan visit to Courtallam more than a day too. Courtallam is a beautiful hill station. On the other hand even the temple city Rameswaram too have One day packages. The places covered in One day tour packages are Rameswaram Temple, Pamban Palam, Devi pattinam, Ramar Patham and Beach too. Majority of the Tourists who visit Rameswaram do make a visit to Kanyakumari too. Trains and cabs from Rameswaram to Kanyakumari are frequently available for the tourist. Also, tourists can book online for hotels in Madurai or Rameswaram online well advance along with Cabs and holiday packages.
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