Tranquebar & Tiruvannamalai - Impressions

                                          The old danish fort in Tranquebar.
Tranquebar is an old danish colony, even though today only the fort, the church and a "danish shop" (which doesn't sell any danish things) reminds of the old days. Still, a lot of Danes come to visit this beautiful idyllic little town.

                                   German writings in the old danish church.

Nina after our first Pooja in Arunachaleswara Temple in Tiruvannamalai.We were a bit confused because we just saw some people waiting for something and so we decided to join them. We then found out what a Pooja is: you go into the inner part of the temple, give some donations and receive a red dot on your forehead in return. It was so much fun that we decided to do it once again, in another part of the temple. There we received some white powder, which is used to make a white stripe, again on the forehead. The different colors and signs are symbolic for the different gods in Hinduism.

                                      One of the entrances of the temple.