Thillai Nataraja Temple has many names- Koil, The Temple, Puliyur, Chitrambalam, Thiruchitrambalam, Tiruchitrakoodam and Chidambaram. It is also called Bhooloka Kailasam (heaven on earth) by Saivites. The temple is known as the site where Ananda Thandava (Siva’s dance of bliss)…
Vethathiri Maharishi Ashram is in Aliyar, 40 miles south of Coimbatore. It is located under the foothills of Western Ghats. I went there with my friend Dr. P. Sundaram to attend a five day course in Relaxation Exercise, Kaya Kalpam…
Acadia National Park is located in the New England state of Maine. It is about 500 miles north east of New York City (Manhattan). On July 8, 2016 the park celebrated its 100th Anniversary.The park area is 50,000 acres….
Olympic National Park is 100 miles north west of Seattle. The area of the park is one million acre. It is four times larger than New York City and ten times bigger than Seattle. Three million people visited the park…
Mt. Rainier is “the mountain” for the residents of Seattle. It is 100 miles south east of Seattle Airport. It has an area of 240,000 acres (370 sq.miles). About 1-2 million people visit this park each year. It is a…
Lookout Mountain spreads across Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. When we visited Smoky Mountains, our bus tour took us to two attractions in the Tennessee side of Lookout Mountain and one in Georgia. Ruby Falls is an underground water fall in…
Great Smoky Mountains is a national park, an international bio reserve and a world heritage site. All in one! The park runs 54 miles east to west and 15 miles north to south with an area of half a million…
My sister and I visited four attractions in New York by a bus tour. Niagara Falls is located near Buffalo; Whirlpool is close by; Ft.Niagara is few miles from Niagara Falls and Watkins Glen is 150 miles south east of…
Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) is a great museum. It is located at the end of Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Greek style building has an impressive look and the museum is the cultural heart of a great city. PMA has…
I visited Namakkal (250 miles south west of Chennai) along with few relatives during my last trip to India. We only spent few hours but learnt a lot about a cave temple designated as national monument, the family deity of…