Where to go in Tamil Nadu and Chennai

Pondicherry

Pondicherry is best known as the former capital of France's India colony - a Gallic enclave of whitewashed 18th century homes with walled gardens and bougainvillea.

Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram is India's stone-carving capital: a city given over to ancient and modern sculpture and intricate idol making.

Tamil Nadu Temples

The great Tamil temples of the south pierce the sky of just about every town, along with a network of sacred sites, shrines, holy trees, rocks and rivers, and ancient pilgrimage routes.

Chennai

Sprawling Chennai, or Madras, is South India's principal metropolis and the country's fourth largest city.