Free walking tours in Madurai

It was a wonderful Tour, so informativ and inspiring. Culturawise and historically. We were so pleased by the variety of Impression

It's very nice event. This is my first time I attended Ceremony.

Dhanabalan is a tremendous professional tour guide. He has a deep knowledge of Tamilnaru culture and India/Hindu history that would make your walking tour fantastic!

Dhanabalan was a passionate and knowledgeable guide. It was very interesting to hear him explain about the various temple rituals, Thiruvalluvur and the differ aspects of Tamil history. He also recommended good places to shop and eat and other interesting sights. If you love history and looking to learn more, he is the best person to go with

Mr. Dhanabalan Perumal was very accomodative throughout. My parents wanted to join the tour at the very last minute so he was kind enough to ensure that they got their breaks to rest in between. He also met us at a gate closest to us rather than insisting we meet at the designated point for he thought it would be easier for my parents. He was highly knowledgeable and gave us view points from all perspectives making the visit to the temple even more meaningful. His detailed explanations made the walk truly memorable. We are grateful to him for a wonderful experience.

Dhanapal was very professional! Really appreciate his time and effort! Thanks

Dhanabalan was an extraordinary tour guide. He was really friendly, knowledgeable and professional. His English is perfect and you can see he really loves sharing his culture. First of all, he recommended starting early to avoid the heat and see the elephant temple, which we wouldn’t even have known about if it wasn’t for him. Then he showed us around, stopping at very interesting landmarks, sharing stories and always making sure we were comfortable. He was nice to talk to, very attentive and informative. Getting to know Madurai was a great experience and having Dhanabalan there made it a lot better. 10/10

Dhanabalan is a professional experienced & informative guide We spent a very pleasant & entertaining 4 hours with him We had a lot of questions for him about the Madurai temple and sites but also about Indian religion and life and he was able to answer at level we could understand and in perfect English We can strongly recommend Dhanabalan as a guide

Balan gave us a totally personalized tour with plenty of information about everything we wanted to know, like Hinduism, culture, society, architecture and the history of the places :) we can only recommend him as a tour guide

Fabulous way to visit the temple. Beware of traffic woes and start early to avoid large crowds. The tour was great and our guide was excellent with their knowledge of the temple and history. Enjoyed it immensely

The tour guide Dhanabalan Perumal made our walking city tour very interesting. Amazing attention to detail and knowledge. I would recommend him

It was good to have a local person as a guide

The tour ha been a wonderful experience and very interesting tour. Dhanabalan has been very kind and he answered all our questions. Thanks

Perfect Tour - Tour Guide was friendly, he explained me a lot and his English was very good. I am very happy about my Tour!

It was an interesting tour with Mr. Dhanabalan Perumal with a lot of historical informations.👍

Dhanabalan gave an excellent guided tour. He really knows his history of the Palace and Temple, and he told many stories in an engaging and enthusiastic way, I thoroughly recommend!

Great experience with very interesting explanations

One of the best tours on our trip to India. Very well explained, we learned a lot, and the English was excellent. We are very grateful and highly recommend it.

Great tour from Dhanabalan. Very knowledgeable of Madurai, always prepared to answer questions. The tour is enriched by his view of the local cultural and historical events.

Experience 100% recommended. Magnificent guide passionate about his work. Great control of the history of the city and India. Very attentive to details, friendly and willing to teach everything about the historical sites. Thank you very much Dhanabalan for your wonderful tour!!

I highly suggest a walking tour with Mr. Dhanpal. He is a storehouse of knowledge. I got vast insights into the history of not only the temple town of Madurai but also the Tamil language and literature including Thirukkural. There are minute intricacies and stories behind the sculptures of Ayiramkal Mandapam and the temple architecture which I would’ve definitely missed if he wasn’t with me. I was taken through the snaking alleys of town where I visited the banana market and was surprised to see the smoking chambers of the fruit! A normal visit to the temple on my own would not have taken me to the Summer palace built by Thirumalai Naykkar which is in another part outside of the temple. I drank Jigarthanda from the original shop too. The walking tour takes you through puthu mandapam and wholesale and retail markets so I recommend shopping from these areas which I found way too economical than from around the temple. The palace is undergoing renovation but you can take a few pics here. I am eagerly awaiting to avail his services very shortly for my family and friends. Dhanapal gave me three viewpoints on most of the things - from the mythology, that of the Archeological Survey of India, and his own as a native of Madurai. I have been traveling far and wide, taking services of guides wherever I go to delve deep into the background but this has been the most satisfying one so far. He is ready to clear your doubts and I realized that he is well read. I highly recommend Dhanapal and Guruwalk.

As you can read in the other reviews, it was truly a very interesting tour ! Dhanabalan is very caring, nice and fun. He explained us a lot of things about the places we visited but also shared a lot about Indian history and culture. He gave us a lot of recommendations (things to do after the tour, places to eat, to see…). We also made a few stops during the tour to taste some drinks and food, this was highly appreciated ! Thanks a lot!

Dhanabalan Perumal provided us a very informative tour. He is very friendly and his English is very good. Thank you!

The tour was very insightful, fun and absolutely worth it. The tourguide presented a lot of information in a structured and funny manner, englisch was perfectly understandable. Thanks for the great tour!

Dhanabalan is a super guide, really very competent and prepared. He told me a lot of things, not only about the places visited, I highly recommend it!! Thank you!!