My last full day in the country and I started it off by getting ripped off a little at the bus station. One guy said I can get an non-stop express bus that takes 2 hours from Madurai to Tirchirappalli, as opposed to a local bus that takes 4 hours. He took me to a travel agent that sold me the ticket, which was about double the actual price and the bus was just the normal one I would have taken myself, not very express, and many stops. Kind of made me angry during this journey thinking this would happen to me on my last day after avoiding all travel agencies in the country.
When I arrived, it took me 10 tries to find a hotel with a room available. But I did find a good room. After lunch, I visited the Rock Fort Temple, which had the best view of the city. Then it was a visit to Sri Ranganatha Temple, the largest active Hindu temple in the world. Surrounded by seven walls, a number of gopurams (towers), a 1000 pillared hall, there was a lot there.
I used up the rest of my money on some food and a bottle of Slice Mango drink.