Somehow, Indians seem to love dinosaurs. But not the big nice ones or skeletons - but statues of big evil-looking green tyrannosaurus rex!
That’s what I thought when I accidentally walked into Thanjavur’s “Sivaganga park” - a theme park built next to the big temple’s Sivaganga (huge watertank, formerly used by pilgrims to wash off their sins, now by tourists to take a pedal boat tour) - and having no real theme. Apart from the pedal boats in the Sivaganga there is actually nothing that is related to the tank… well, you can take a toytrain ride around the park (also it was inactive when I came), you can watch the rabbits, foxes or guinea pigs in their respective cages, or - just hang around, watching the inactive fountains, like most Indians do… but actually, if you just want a nice relaxing time out, maybe the park can be interesting. But certainly not on weekends…
Yesyes, ok, the temple. That’s where I wanted to go, but somehow I just took the right turn… anyway, the Brihadishwara temple is really great! It’s a huge huge complex, with even huger Gopuras (entry-towers outside) but the hugest of all is the central inner sanctum itself. It’s still in use, but somehow not as much as most other temples I’ve visited - there are nearly as many tourists as pilgrims in the temple..
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