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South
India, surrounded by three oceans, is a region of overwhelming
grandeur and pristine beauty. Separated from north India
by the Vindhya mountain range, the south Indian peninsula
is doubly insulated by the Arabian Sea and Eastern Ghats
on the east and the Bay of Bengal and Western Ghats on the
west.
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dominant features of south India are the tropical climate
, lush green tropical vegetation in the coastal areas and
the architecture, culture, languages and lifestyle which
had remained essentially Dravidian at the core in spite
of repeated exposures to alien influences.
In spite of the seeming similarity, each State has different
scenery, festivals, architecture and subtle cultural
variations to offer, each State in its own right a fascinating
tourist destination. Pondicherry and Lakshadweep are
again utterly different from the four traditional States of
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The leitmotif
of southern culture is its tapestry of magnificent
temple architecture going back to the 6th century,
the unaltered traditions of food, religion and lifestyle,
handicrafts, heritage of sandalwood, silk, rosewood and
brass, and of course the grandeur of classical dance
and music.
This is a land of temples, a land of the devout, the profusion
of jasmine and 'kanakambaram' flowers and the soft
beat of distant drums as yet another festival starts...
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