A SOUTH INDIA STUDY

TOUR REPORT

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Academic Year : 2022 – 2023

MAY 2023

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

SASI CREATIVE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Roja Raja Garden, Pollachi Main Rd, Myleripalayam,
Coimbatore – 641032.
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Certified that this report “A SOUTH INDIA STUDY TOUR.” Has been attended
by “SHAFIQ AHAMED S”.

Er. S. BALAMURUGAN Ar. M. Prasath

COORDINATOR SUPERVISOR
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Sasi Creative School of Architecture Sasi Creative School of Architecture

INTERNAL EXAMINER

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my gratitude to my tour coordinator and accompanied faculty

Assoc.Prof. V Gajalakshmi, Asst.Prof. S Balamurugan, Asst.Prof. M Prasath, Asst.Prof.
M Reshmi for their valuable guidance and support throughout the journey.

I would also like to express my deep gratitude towards our principal Prof. Suresh babu for
giving me such a great opportunity to explore South India via this tour.

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 ABSTRACT

The educational tour is part of the Anna University curriculum for architecture students. The
goal of this tour is to enable us to better comprehend South Indian history. The tour exposes us
to South Indian culture, historical sites, allied activities intended to engage us, to reflect and
interact with the local society, allowing the us to gather deep insights of it’s broad and diverse
nature.

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 LIST OF CONTENTS

S. No. Description Page No.

1 Tour Schedule 5

2 Places visited

2.1 Day 01 - Mangalore - Udupi 11

2.2 Day 02 - Gokarna 12

2.3 Day 03 - Goa 13

2.4 Day 04 - Goa 14

2.5 Day 05 - Pune 15

2.6 Day 06 - Mumbai 16

2.7 Day 07 - Mumbai 17

2.8 Day 08 - Aurangabad 18

2.9 Day 09 - Vijayapura 19

2.10 Day 10 - Hospete 20

2.11 Day 11 - Hampi 21

2.12 Day 12 - Hassan 21

2.13 Day 13 - Mysuru 22

2.14 Day 14 - Coorg - Mangalore 23

3 Photographs 24

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 4 Conclusion 27

TOUR SCHEDULE
Day-1: Coimbatore – Mangalore (02/02/2023)

Departure from Coimbatore to Mangalore via Train

Day-2: Mangalore (03/02/2023)

Check in and Breakfast at Hotel Surya (Fresh up)

Check out from Mangalore to Udupi

Reach at Udupi temple

Lunch

Udupi temple to Murdeshwar temple

Murdeshwar temple to Gokarna

Check in at M.G Cottage with dinner

Day-3: Gokarna (04/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast

Mahabaleshwar temple with Heritage walk

Departure from Gokarna to Goa

Check in at Dona Julia Beach resort with Dinner

Day-4: Goa (05/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast

Basilica of bom Jesus

Church complex

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Lunch

Heritage walk

Our lady of the Immaculate Conception Church

Cruise ride

Dinner and stay at resort

Day-5: Goa (06/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast

Check out from resort

Fort Aguada

Lunch

Calangute Beach

Dinner

Departure from Goa to Pune

Day-6: Pune (07/02/2023)

Check in at Hotel Chaitanya executive

Morning Breakfast

MIT Architecture college

MIT Campus

Dinner and stay at Hotel

Day-7: Mumbai (08/02/2023)

Check out from Hotel

Morning Breakfast at Karla caves

Visit to Karla Caves

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Departure from caves to Mumbai

Lunch

Visit to Mumbai Art

Gallery Check in at Hotel

Embassy Dinner

Day-8: Mumbai (09/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast

Check out from Hotel

Heritage Walk

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Museum Lunch

Market Shopping

Gateway of India

Dinner

Departure to Aurangabad

Day-9: Aurangabad (10/02/2023)

Check in at Hotel Great Annapurna

Morning Breakfast

Check out from Hotel

Ellora caves

Lunch

Daulatabad Fort

Bibi ka Maqbara

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Dinner

Departure to Vijayapura

Day-10: Vijayapura (11/02/2023)

Check in at Hotel VOV

Morning Breakfast

Asar Mahal

Bara Kaman

Ibrahim Roza

Jamiya Masjid

Gol Gumbaz

Lunch

Departure to Hotel

Dinner and stay

Day-11: Hospete (12/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast

Check out from Hotel VOV

Badami Caves

Lunch

Pattadakal Temple

Aihole Temple

Departure to Hospete

Check in at Hotel PBS Grand with Dinner

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Day-12: Hampi (13/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast

Check out from Hotel

Queen’s Bath and Elephant Stables and

others Lunch

Hampi Temples

Dinner

Departure to Hassan

Day-13: Hassan (14/02/2023)

Check in at Hotel United Kites

Morning Breakfast

Chennakeshava Temple

Hoysaleswara Temple

Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi temple

Lunch

Reach at Hotel

Dinner and stay

Day-14: Mysuru (15/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast and check out

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

St. Philomena’s Cathedral

Lunch

Mysuru Palace

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Departure to Coorg

Check in at Green valley

Dinner & Camp fire

Day-15: Coorg (16/02/2023)

Morning Breakfast and check out

Market Shopping

Golden Temple

Site Seeing

Departure to Mangalore Railway Station

Dinner

Departure to Coimbatore

Day-16: Coimbatore (17/02/2023)

Arrival at Coimbatore Railway Station

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 PLACES VISITED
2.1 Day 01 - Mangalore - Udupi
The Study Tour started from Mangalore after arriving from Coimbatore. The first place of visit
was the Sri Krishna Temple in Udupi which is a thousand years old (13th century).
The unique feature of the temple is that the lord is not worshiped directly but through a window with
nine holes.
We got to understand the temple culture and history. It has avidian
style architecture.
Sri Krishna Temple, Udupi

Murudeshwara Temple, Udupi

This temple is famous for the world’s second tallest
shiva statue. It is surrounded on three sides by the water
of the Arabian sea.

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2.2 Day 02 - Gokarna
The day started with a heritage walk heading towards Mahabaleshwar Temple and was able
to experience the culture of the temple town.

The temple is located in the site of religious pilgrimage with the deity of Lord Shiva. We
were able to experience the style of the temple streetscape.

2.3 Day 03 - Goa

The first day of goa started by visiting the Church Complex and Basilica of Bom Jesus which are
located in a pilgrimage center, opposite to each other.
It is considered to be one of the best examples of Baroque Architecture and is known to be one of
the oldest churches of India.
Heritage walk heading towards panaji
We were able to experience the urban planning of the city through this walk on streets.

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church

It is located in Panjim and sits atop of a hill facing the square below. The church is an example of
baroque style architecture.

We ended our day with a late evening cruise ride.

2.4 Day 04 - Goa

On the second day of Goa, we visited the Aguada Fort which overlooks the Arabian Sea.
Fort Aguada was the most prized and crucial fort of the Portuguese. The fort is so large that it
envelops the entire peninsula at the southwestern tip.

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The rest of the day was spent street shopping, exploring the market and ended with the sunset at
the Calangute Beach.

2.5 Day 05 - Pune

By late afternoon, we were able to visit the MIT University in Pune where we had lunch and had
a campus tour.

They have state of the art infrastructure and use of traditional architecture features like arches,
domes and balconies can be seen.

We got to visit the raj kapoor memorial situated within the campus.

World Peace Dome

It is the biggest dome in the world and we got to experience the prayer hall and how it works.

2.6 Day 06 - Mumbai

The first day in Mumbai began with the climb up to Karla caves.
Karla caves is one of the most famous Buddhist rock-cut cave sites in India with only 15 caves
within. The main Chaitya Griha is one among the largest in India.

After the cave, we got to experience the Mumbai Art gallery and the Urban Art festival held near
the Kala Ghoda.

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2.7 Day 07 - Mumbai
The second day was spent in a heritage walk exploring the streetscape architecture of Mumbai.

The heritage walk included places such as :

Town hall
Kala ghoda
Bombay high court
Oval maidan
Flora fountain
St. thomas cathedral church

From gothic architectural features such as arches, columns to use of exposed stone work can be
seen in many institutional buildings along the roads.

2.8 Day 08 - Aurangabad

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The main attraction in Aurangabad was the Ellora caves. These are listed by UNESCO as a
World Heritage Site and are celebrated for its Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain temples and monuments
which were carved from the local cliff rock in the 6th to 8th century CE.
There are over 100 caves at the site 34 of which are open to the public and the sixteenth one is the
famous Kailashnath Temple.
After the ancient caves, we visited the daulatabad fort and bibi ka maqbara which is highly
contrasting to the cave temple architecture.
2.9 Day 09 - Vijaypura
A trip to Vijayapura has been started with the visit to Asar Mahal which serves as a Hall
of Justice. We can see a square tank in front of the mahal.
Bara Kaman was planned to build a mausoleum. It was planned to build 12 arches vertically and
horizontally around the tomb but it was left incomplete with 12 horizontally placed arches.

Ibrahim Roza,the next spot we headed is actually a tomb complex where Ibrahim Adil Shah II is
buried along with his wife. It is a square structure with twin buildings.
The Jamiya Masjid is the largest mosque in Vijayapura constructed in the Indo Islamic style.
The day in Vijayapura ended with visiting the Gol Gumbaz.It is a mausoleum and it is notable
for its scale and exceptionally large dome.

2.10 Day 10 - Hospete

The next day we marched towards Hospete where we started with Badami caves which are a
complex of Hindu and Jain temples. It is known to be one of the examples of Indian rock cut
architecture. It is composed of 6 caves.

Pattadakal is a holy place with 10 major temples of which 9 Hindu and 1 Jain. It is a fusion of two
major Indian Architectural styles, one from North India ( Nagara ) and other from South India (
Dravida ).

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At last we ended our day by visiting Aihole Durga temple. It illustrates a mature example of the
Badami Chalukya Architecture.

2.11 Day 11 - Hassan

The temple town of Belur visit started with
Chennakesava Temple
The temple was built over 3 generations and took 103 years to complete. The Chennakesava
temple includes a number of small shrines and monuments with a water tank inside.

Hoysaleswara temple
It is simply referred to as Halebidu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is a twin temple which are
of the same size and their sanctums open to East facing sunrise.

Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi
temple

The day ended with Doddagaddavalli temple dedicated to goddess Lakshmi. It consists of 4
shrines that share a common mandapa and each sanctum is square in shape.

2.12 Day 12 - Mysuru

The day in Mysuru started with worshipping the Lord Vishnu in Sri Ranganathaswamy
temple. The temple is one of considerable antiquity. The god is in reclining posture as found in
Srirangam.

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St. Philomena’s cathedral is a Catholic church constructed using Neo Gothic style. It os one
of the tallest churches in Asia. This Church is a good example of blending of local culture

Mysore Palace
A three storied structure in the Indo-Saracenic style built between 1897-1912, the palace has
beautifully designed square towers at cardinal points, covered with domes.

The interior of the palace helped us understand the need for detailings in architecture.

2.13 Day 13 - Coorg

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The day in Coorg started with visiting Golden Temple which is one of the largest Tibetan
settlements in India. The main entrance is an attractive four storey tower with a wheel portraying
symbols of Buddhism.

The rest of the day was spent shopping in the local market and returning to the Mangalore railway
station to board our train back to coimbatore after a memorable trip.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Group Photos

Photos from Manglore and Udupi

Photos in front of monumental

buildings in Goa and Pune.

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 Bibi ka Maqbara

Photos from Aurangabad and Haleebedu

CONCLUSION

This educational trip helped us understand the architecture of South India

better and gave us a practical understanding of the details and work done in
historic monuments of India.

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