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Our group walking to the first stop in the excursion
The palace entrance
The ceiling contained different carved flowers all over it.
One BIG wooden room and one LITTLE fire extiguisher
The holes that the servants could peek through to watch the dancing in the hall below.
Windows where the royalty could watch chariot races from.
Painting showing how they weighed the king with gold which would then be given as an offering
A painting of the large gold pot the King would clean in (5 times) to become purified. The contents would contain a mixture of oils, cow urine and faeces, among other things.
View from the balcony of the gardens.
BIG door hinge
Staff hard at work.
The kitchen
The stone soldiers would have to lift to prove their worth to the king
Monument rock, in remembrance to a swami.
Lightning rods
The kings toilet
We had to take our own life jackets onto the ferry across to monument rock.
Streets filled with drying anchovies
A quick lesson in why India is beating Australia in the cricket.
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Kanniyakumari