Shopping Street With At The Background The Rock Fort Temple Overlooking The City, Trichy, India,...

Tiruchirapalli or Tricky or Tiruchy or Trichinopoly (its name during British rule) is a city in Tamil Nadu, several temples are located in this town; the most famous and impressive is Rock Fort Temple with its 83m of height surrounding plains in the heart of the city and its 437 stone-cut stairs; the monument houses two extraordinary temple, the Sri Thayumanaswamy Temple in honour of Shiva, halfway of the top and the Vinayaka Temple at the summit dedicated to Ganesha; even tough the climb to the top is tough, it is worth a effort in order to admire the magnificent panorama of the countryside; another interesting site is the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple complex erected during the 10th century, this temple, one of the largest in India is situated on a island on the river and spread over 60 hectares