Went to the Sree Meenakshi Temple which is meant to be one of the biggest temple complexes in South Asia. It is a huge maze of corridors, shrines and halls (plus the usual elephant) with four huge entrance towers covered in fantastically bright deities and figures. The temple was very busy and there was music coming out of speakers and also some live music. We watched as men carried out carvings of deities into a hall in a very chaotic manner with lots of shouting and laod drum music and a ceremony of flower garlands and candles. The various carvings and woken up and then put back to bed everyday.
Went to a bakery and had some sweet coffee (coffee is instead of chai in the South) and doughnut type things and Indian cakes (like baklava) some delicious.
Went to a rooftop restaurant (almost normal price food) which has views of the 4 towers of the temple. An amazing sunset and then the sky went a deep purple with such a bright crescent moon.
Randomly bumped into a lovely couple (David and Vicky) who we met in Darjeeling so we are hoping to meet them for dinner tomorrow.
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