Bangladesh, Sept. 21 -- The full-day package tour arranged by the Vivekananda Kendra could not be more cherishing. Although Kerala is our destination, we begin from a temple called Suchindram Thanumalayan. Like most temples, this one is also a magnificent artwork of Dravidian architecture. Brahma, Vishshnu and Shiva, the trinity of the Hindu pantheon coexist here. Immediately after our entrance into the temple, one of the sanyasis clad in saffron-coloured dhuti volunteered to explain the religious significance of the temple. I skip the details but the gist of his lecture is that it has statues and artwork of silver and bronze unlike the Padmanavaswamy Temple in Trivandram (Thiruvanthapuram) where those are crafted with gold.
Although Vishn...