Things to do in Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
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Poompuhar Handicrafts
Poompuhar Handicrafts has fixed-price crafts.
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The waiters clearly graduated from the Keystone Cops School of Food Service, but otherwise this pleasant AC restaurant does very tasty veg and non-veg.
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Vasanta Bhavan
Next door to Shree Krishnas, you can pop in here for North Indian veg – that of the paneer and naan genre – if you’re tired of dosas and idlis.
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Shree Krishnas
On the lower floor of Hotel Mathura, with a nice view of the buses playing plough-the-pedestrian across the road, this is a reliable spot for veg goodness and milky-sweet deserts.
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Veg Tandoori
It may look tatty, but this spot adjacent to the bus stand does a reliable line in all kinds of veg cuisine, and the best dosas we tried in Trichy. Plus, it’s open late (well, past 11pm).
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Banana Leaf
The Leaf is the best thing going in Trichy, with an enormous menu that plucks off regional favourites from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. With that said, the speciality is the fiery, vaguely vinegary cuisine of Andhra Pradesh; if you can handle your heat, fall in love with the chicken Hyderabadi. Another branch is next to the Hotel Tamil Nadu in Trichy Junction.
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Sri Jambukeshwara Temple
Visit Sri Jambukeshwara Temple one of the five elemental temples of Shiva, dedicated to Shiva, Parvati and the medium of water. The liquid theme of the place is realised in the central shrine, which houses a partially submerged Shiva lingam. The outer chambers are full of carvings, including several of an elephant being freed from a spider web by Shiva, which provoked the pachyderm to perform puja for the Destroyer.
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Temple Complex
Even if you’re feeling templed-out, this temple complex is going to knock your socks off. Located about 3km north of the Rock Fort, it feels more like a self-enclosed city than a house of worship, and in truth, that’s the idea: entering this temple’s inner sanctum requires passing through seven gopuram (the largest is 73m high). Inside the fourth wall is a kiosk where you can buy a ticket (Rs10) and climb the wall for a semi-panoramic view of the complex that delineates levels of existence and consciousness. You’ll proceed past rings of beggars, merchants and Brahmins, then plazas of devas (angels) and minor deities before reaching the inner chamber, dedicated to…
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Rock Fort Temple
The Rock Fort Temple, perched 83m high on a massive outcrop, lords over Trichy with stony arrogance. The ancient rock was first hewn by religious-minded Pallavas, who cut small cave temples into the southern face, but it was the war-savvy Nayaks who later made strategic use of the naturally fortified position. There are two main temples: Sri Thayumanaswamy Temple, halfway to the top (there may be some bats snoozing in the ceiling), and VinayakaTemple, at the summit, dedicated to Ganesh. There are 437 stone-cut steps to climb, and the hike is worth the effort – the view is wonderful, with eagles wheeling beneath and Trichy sprawling all around into the greater Cauvery.…
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