Textiles, Texture, Tactile

Southern India is temples and churches, mansions and palaces, and masterpieces in sculpture arts and culture. It also has an inexhaustable variety of textiles,textures and tactile.

We shopped for Sari's in Chennai, spices in Periyar, cottons in Chettinad, Bamboo Linen in Kerala, gems at Gem Palace in Fort Cochin, bronze scultures in Tanjore; pashminas,cashmere and silks everywhere.

CLICK HERE to see a video of the piglets shopping for spices in Periyar

CLICK HERE to see a video of a classical dance guide in Chennai

We felt the warmth of the wax when watching the sculpter cast his image; the touch of cold marble on our bare feet in the Palace of Madurai; the velvety feel of the oil rolling down our skin as the two masseuses did our Ayurveda treatments; the coolness on my neck that only a rare gemstone can create.

Nowhere else could such variety exist and just like everything else in India....the possibilities are endless.

CLICK HERE to see a video of the Meenaskshi Temple

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