India is often described as a jewel in the crown of international tourism and all the corners of this exceptionally beautiful nation reflect the pristine elegance in terms of the magnanimous forts, palaces, beaches of exceptional beauty and uniqueness, backwaters that take your breath away, the sands of the desert, the ancient temples and many exceptional monuments of architecture. India is divided principally into five zones when it comes to the international and domestic tourism and these are the north, south, east, west and central zone. Every zone has put an imprint of heritage when it comes to the monuments and beautiful places of tourism. The zone of south India is an exceptional tourist hub because of some of the world oldest temples, the forts, the national parks, the beaches, the backwater destinations in the four states of south India named Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. It has remained the dream of international tourist to deeply explore south Indian tourism because he wants to plunge deep into the culture and heritage of India and south India is indeed the hub of culture and heritage.

South India is a vast belt and consists of primarily of four south Indian states and you will get confused if you start making a tour without any prior proper guidance. It is better to explore the distinct hub of India through some of the wonderful south India tour packages. By getting these tour packages, you will be able to get the good comforts of cuisine and stay besides getting certain discounts. If you want to go for the temple tours, south India is a hub of old temples. There are temples that date back to 1000 years or more. Brihdeshwarar temple of Thajavur dates back to 1000 years. It was built by the Hindu kings of that time and it is an architectural masterpiece listed in the UNESCO world heritage site. When you talk of the Padmanabaswamy temple of Kerala or the Tirupati Balaji temple of Andhra Pradesh, these date back more than 1000 years. The dating of the Tirupati temple of Andhra Pradesh goes back to 1500 hundred years but no one knows about the exact date. It can be even more ancient and the exact foundation of the temple can be much beyond that. The Padmanabaswamy temple is dedicated to lord Padamba and is the riches temple of the world with the assets of 1 lac crore Indian rupees; it might exceed beyond that because assets in one chamber are not declared yet nor has it been opened since more than a century. Tirupati Balaji temple is dedicated to lord Venkateshwara and is one of the holiest temple in south India with assets of 50000 crore Indian rupees.

Besides temples of Rockfort, Srirangam in Trichnapally; south India is also famous for some of the splendid beaches in India in Thiruvananthapuram like Kovallam beach. Besides this, you can celebrate your honeymoon in some of the breathtaking backwater destinations like Allapuzha and Kumarakom or the honeymoon destinations like Kodaikanal, Munnar, Waynaad, Ooty and many more. You can stay in wonderful south India hotels when you tour this belt. Trip to south India will be interesting experience.

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