Twenty-nine foreign tourists, including 16 women from the UK, Japan, and Australia, are on a 1,500 km autorickshaw tour across India to learn about its culture. After arriving in Chennai on December 28 and visiting Puducherry, they reached Thanjavur on Tuesday night. They visited the Big Temple and plan to celebrate New Year's Eve in Madurai before concluding their tour in Thiruvananthapuram on January 6, 2025.