Melukote, a temple town with a thousand-year history, is replete with water tanks, monastic institutions, major temples and large reservoirs. It is negotiating in the present the past and the future. Jackfruit’s tour is designed to allow groups traveling through southern India with Wilderness Travels and Exotic Journeys to experience Melukote’s architecture, music and cuisine in a day-long event that combines learning, sensuous pleasure and relaxation (www.wildernesstravel.com)