Gangaikonda Cholapuram Tours and Tickets
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Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Consider visiting Tamil Nadu’s Living Temples with a guide. Temples can be tough to navigate independently and unaccompanied travelers risk missing out on important cultural context.
Leave the shorts for the beach: Temples in Tamil Nadu have a dress code requiring conservative and traditional clothing for both men and women. Many insist that arms and legs be covered, while others accept sarees or churidar suits for women. Men may be required to wear a dhoti.
Shoes must always be removed before entering a Hindu temple.
Visitors can typically photograph the outside of Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu, but photography within the inner sanctum is strictly forbidden. It’s sometimes required that cameras and phones are deposited in a safe box before entry.