This short slide-show gives you a little taster of the buildings of Madurai. Pictured are the Meenakshi Temple, the palace and a strange ‘mall’ with a temple in the middle of it. Plaster of Paris gods stacked hundreds of feet high look out across the city, whilst back-streets hide away secret retreats.

Don’t forget you can view the images in full-screen mode. Click the slide-show to begin, then click the four-arrowed button in the bottom-right of the slideshow.