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Famous temples in Chennai

famous temples in Chennai

The city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the capital of Tamil Nadu state. It’s geographically located on the Eastern Coast of India in the Bay of Bengal, there are some fabulous temples in Chennai. In fact, the state of Tamil Nadu is famous worldwide for it’s food, music and temple architecture. Here’s a […]

The Amazing Prehistoric Hagar Qim Temples of Malta

Hagar Qim Temples of Malta

Between 3600 BC and 700 BC, a series of prehistoric temples were built in the form of megalithic (large stone) constructions. The Hagar Qim temples of Malta are approximately 1000 years older than the pyramids of Egypt. This stone-age civilisation kept building more and more temples, and traces of 43 different temples can be found on […]

Avoiding getting bitten at Lopburi Monkey Temple in Thailand!

Monkeys at Lopburi Monkey Temple in Thailand

I’ll admit it, I really wanted to see monkeys. And I really love temples! The Lopburi Monkey temple in Thailand sounded too good to miss. But, I never had my rabies jab – this was a slight misjudgement on my part, and I soon realised this after googling ‘Monkey temple Lopburi’ and landing on numerous […]