Tour di tre ore della maestosa Madurai - (include il tempio Sri Meenakshi)

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 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!!

Is amazing, very nice passionate informative and patient, gave us a lot of advice regarding madurai after the tour, thank you very much

We did this tour at the end of our 5 week trip in India and learned more in the 4 hours than we had in the rest of our trip. We finally grasped so many concepts that other people hadn’t been able to properly explain to us and Dhanabalan was able to deliver the information in a fun and friendly way. In all honesty, I think this was all around the best walking tour we have ever done. We would highly recommend this to anyone visiting Madurai!!