Tourist Attractions & Monuments South India

This Hindu temple is one of the 108 sastha temples of Kerala. 

The farm covers more than 140 hectares. There are coconut plantations, gardens and livestock plantations. The medical garden includes very rare medicinal plants.

There is a temple dedicated to Sastha. The site, surrounded by hills on the three sides, is known for freshwater lake Sasthamkotta.

Shinoj proposes a visit to his spice farm: cocoa, coffee, tobacco, turmeric, papyrus… A multitude of plants to discover, through a rewarding and playful journey.

A temple dedicated to Rama, famous for its copper roof.

Locally known as Ayakotta, it is India's oldest existing strong European, built in 1503 by the Portuguese. One can still see its hexagonal structure, but the whole is unfortunately falling in ruins.

Located in the city center, this world-renowned garden houses a multitude of rose varieties.

For a visit to the city of Parur, you can contact the Indo World agency. You can also go back to auto-rickshaw from Ernakulam at a lower price.

Created by the Kerala Forestry Research Institute, this museum proposes to discover the history of teak through several themes.

A small park unknown to tourists offering a beautiful view. The atmosphere is quite friendly but the road that leads from Acap is not the most accessible. Excuse families.

Two kilometers of trek in the jungle will take you to the largest and most spectacular of Wayanad falls. Caution, however, they are extremely dangerous and bathing is formally discouraged.

This temple dating back to the ninth century is an important pilgrimage place for Vishnou followers. You may be able to see the priests feeding Babya, the vegetarian crocodile of the temple.

The mausoleum is located in the north of the city, in the countryside. To find it, go up the main street (turn right when you leave the dargah of Aurangzeb). After the roundabout, continue straight ahead and follow the road, turning left at the crow's feet. The mausoleum is about 500 metres after leaving the village, behind the Jar Jari Baksh mosque.

The massive mausoleum consists of a cube of pink basalt placed in the centre of a small platform. It is topped by a dome and four turrets placed at each corner. Each floor of the building is protected by a projecting overhang. On the ground floor, the central window on each side is pierced with a jali (openwork screen), while the others are walled. To the south, the window is replaced by a door allowing access to the mausoleum. In front of the mausoleum, a neoclassical Italian-style building, a movement very popular in Hyderabad at the beginning of the 20th century, allowed travellers who came to visit the tomb to rest. On the other hand, another mausoleum, identical in style to Malik Ambar's, but smaller, is probably that of one of his generals.

Walk: the countryside around Khultabad is dotted with Muslim mausoleums in a more or less good state of conservation. While it is often impossible to know who is buried there, walking the paths connecting them can be a pleasant hiking experience in the mild season. Bring a good pair of shoes, water and a picnic and play the explorer for as long as you like.

The astrophysics laboratory is built on the highest point in the region, 3 km above the lake. The museum is open to visitors but prior permission is required to visit the observatory.

To get on it, it's a difficult 45-minute walk by pushing your bike, but to get back down, it's only 5 minutes! Make sure your bike has good brakes...

Mumbai Magic offers à la carte tours in places sometimes difficult to discover yourself: Fort Heritage District Walk (visit of cultural heritage in Fort), Chor Bazaar, Beach Life (the beaches of Mumbai), Food Walk at Dadar Market (discovery of Indian food at Dadar market), Districts Fishing Village (Pêcheurs fishing village)…

The MGR Film City complex includes film studios where many Tamil films are shot. It is sometimes open to visitors, but it is still better to check with the tourist office.

It is also possible to visit the AVM Film studio website, where TV series are mainly shot. Access is free; you can stroll through the reconstituted village houses and a fake police station, all of which is quite decrepit.

Daulatabad Fort, also known as Devgiri Fort, includes the walled city below, a palace and the defensive fort on a 200-metre high rocky plateau. It was built in 1187 by the Yavada dynasty, which then dominated the Deccan. The mosque built in 1318 has since become a Hindu temple, the Bharat Mata Mandir. The site was chosen by Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi, upon his accession to the throne in 1325. Two years later, he had the capital emptied of its inhabitants and installed them in Daulatabad. The Sultan thought that by settling further south, he would occupy a more central position to lead his conquests to Bihar and Bengal and above all that he would escape the Mughal invasion attempts that focused on Delhi and the north.

The fortifications: The town of Daulatabad was protected by a triple enclosure, which would slow down access to the fort in the event of an attack. The outer perimeter wall has a 4.5 km loop

Chand Minar: this 30-metre minaret dates from 1445 and celebrates the capture of Ala-ud-din Bahmani which brought Daulatabad back into the feudal fold of Muhammad bin Tughluq. Largely inspired by the Qutab Minar of Delhi, the tower was built by a Persian architect. It was covered with glazed tiles painted with natural ochres and lapis lazuli powder. Unfortunately, the minaret is closed to the public following a suicide.

The fort: the fort of Daulatabad bears witness to a great deal of defensive thinking, and consequently, to the intense struggles that followed one another on the Deccan plateau. The base of the piton was cut to create a vertical wall about 50 metres high. Access to the fort is through a single entrance: a narrow bridge spans the moat and leads to a steeply sloping gallery carved into the rock. The gallery is now nicknamed "dark passage", a dark passage that shelters many bats. Halfway down the slope, the slope becomes a staircase, at the top of which is a grid covering a pit. In the event of an attack, the soldiers of the fort would start a fire there to slow down the enemy's progress.

The fort is full of lures and defensive tricks: false access doors, labyrinthine gallery, rounded walls breaking visibility, succession of access doors equipped with points against elephants...

Chini Mahal: this small ruined palace, which literally means "Chinese palace", was built by Aurangzeb and served as a prison for "distinguished guests". In particular, he had the last king of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Hyderabad and Golconda imprisoned there. The latter died within the walls of the Chini Mahal, leaving no descendants.

Mughal Baradari: a steep climb leads to Mughal Baradari, a pavilion commissioned by Shah Jahan in the 17th century. You will be rewarded for your efforts with a splendid view of the Deccan Plains.

Opposite the entrance to the fort, there is still a 16th century hammam that is worth a look.

It is the responsibility of the Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies. To know everything about the history of Indian currency through the ages, the museum is the best in the business. It displays about 150,000 coins and coins from Indian antiquity to the later medieval era. This numismatic museum is the only one of its kind in Asia.

It is an isolated picnic place in Eastern Ghats, at an altitude of about 1 000 m. The healthy Climate, the Photogenic decor and a temple dedicated to picturesque Murugan add to the beauty of the place.