Temple Trip in Tamil Nadu

After a week and half at my grandparents place we headed for a trip of temples in the nearby cities. Temples in India are seen as an area for worship as well as a place to admire historic architecture in their story telling way. Architecture in each temple is different as its based on when and who built the temple. Some describe dance posses and some describe epic stories of Hinduism. We took a three day trip by renting a car and traveling to these famous temples. We traveled on the first day to Namakal and to Trichy. We stayed overnight and traveled to all the Trichy temples the second day. We then went to Madhurai and Tanjore on the third day and headed back to grandparents place. It was fun to photograph the bhakti (faith) aspect of India and to photograph how each temple was maintained for its historic beauty. Even though we were only able to spend few hours at each destination it was enough to go around each temple. So here are some pictures I decided to post. I will post more on my Flickr so check it out if you are interested. Thanks!

Entrance, Rock fort temple at Namakal
Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/8
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.0

Doors to Temple, Sreerangam Temple at Trichy
Focal length: 84mm
Shutter speed: 1/40
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.0

Gopuram standing tall, Sreerangam Temple at Trichy
Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/125
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/8.0

On the Gopuram, Thiruvanaikovil at Trichy

Focal length: 105mm
Shutter speed: 1/200
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/6.3

Namaste, Thiruvanaikovil at Trichy

Focal length: 65mm
Shutter speed: 1/20
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.0

Hall of Light, Thiruvanaikovil at Trichy

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/40
ISO: 1600
Aperture: f/4.5

Stairs and Halls, Thiruvanaikovil at Trichy

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/125
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/7.1

Ancient Cholan Writting, Brihadeeshwara Temple at Tanjore

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/10
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/16.0

Ancient painting, Brihadeeshwara Temple at Tanjore

Focal length: 32mm
Shutter speed: 1/10
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5.6

Temple Gopuram, Brihadeeshwara Temple at Tanjore

Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/40
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.0

Painting a Story, Meenakshi Temple at Madhurai
Focal length: 105mm
Shutter speed: 1/50
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/4.0

Hallway, Meenakshi Temple at Madhurai
Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/8
ISO: 320
Aperture: f/4.0