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India
- the land to travel to, a haven of tourism delights,
a civilization to tour through. Tourists come to India
for its wealth of sights, cultural exuberance,
diversity of terrain and in search of that special
something, an extra punch that only India promises and
delivers. Teeming with over a billion people who voice
over a million concerns in fifteen hundred different
languages, India is where people live with variety,
thrive on diversity and are too familiar with
largeness to let it boggle them. Mud huts and mansions
face off across city streets. Lurid luxury and limp
living are inhabitants of the same lane.
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Sensation of South India with Kerala |
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Tour Duratation |
11
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Places to be covered |
Chennai - Kanchipuram - Mamallapooram -
Tiruvannamalai - Pondicherry - Chidambaram -
Tanjore - Trichy - Madurai - Trivandrum
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Day 1: Chennai
Arrive Chennai - the gateway to southern
India, established in 1639 by the East India
Company, is one of the oldest cities of the
country. Assistance and transfer to hotel.
After lunch at hotel, half day sightseeing tour,
visiting Gandhi Memorial, Kala Kshetra, Mylapore
temple and Marine beach. Dinner and overnite at
hotel.
Day 2: Chennai - Tirupathi
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After breakfast, proceed to Tirupathi. Lunch
at local restaurant Tirupathi is a temple town
known for the famous ancient temple of Lord
Venkateswara. In the evening return to Chennai
for dinner and overnite stay.
Day 3: Chennai - Kanchipuram -
Mamallapooram
After breakfast drive to Kanchipuram ( 76
kms/01.50 hrs ) - is the ancient capital of the
Pallavas famous as a city of 1000 Temples and
still has 124 shrines. Lunch at local restaurant
and later drive to Mamallapooram and check in at
hotel.
Afternoon visit the city - built in 7th century,
earlier called Mahabalipooram, this ancient
Pallava port, is today the sight of several
antique sculptural marvels. Dinner and overnite
at hotel.
Day 4: Mamallapooram - Tiruvannamalai -
Pondicherry
After breakfast drive to
Tiruvannamallai(112kms/03hrs)- a pilgrim centre
with an ancient temple of Lord Shiva. After
lunch at local restaurant, proceed to
Pondicherry. Legend says that Pondicherry is the
place where St.Agasthaya settled down. Checkin
,dinner and overnite at hotel.
Day 5: Pondicherry
After breakfast drive to visit Aurbindo
Ashram, the city of dawn, which is 10kms north
of Pondicherry. This ashram promotes Aurbindo's
ideas in bringing about a synthesis of Yoga and
modern science, so as to unite the spirit and
matter. Dinner and overnite at hotel.
Day 6: Pondicherry - Chidambaram - Tanjore
After breakfast drive to
Chidambaram(65kms/1.5hrs) also called as Thillai,
which has the famous Nataraja temple with the
root of the sanctum-sanctorum covered with
golden plates is located in the centre of the
town covering an area of 40 acres. In this
temple, postures from the Bharatnatayam form of
dance are depicted in sculpture. Natraja is Lord
Shiva as a cosmic dancer. Checkin, dinner and
overnite at hotel .
Day 7: Tanjore - Trichy
After breakfast leave for Trichy, short name
of Trichurapalli, situated on the banks of
Kaveri River is a blend of history and tradition
as well as pilgrim centre, it is famous for
Ranganath temple at Srirangam. Checkin at hotel.
After lunch city tour visiting Rock fort and its
temple at a height of over 23mts. Also visit
Srirangam and Jambukeshwar Temple. Dinner and
overnite at hotel.
Day 8: Trichy - Madurai
After breakfast proceed to Madurai and
checkin at hotel. The ancient city of Madurai,
some 2600 years old is laid out in the banks of
river Vaigai as a lotus flower with the
Meenakshi temple in the centre. After lunch city
tour visiting - Meenakshi temple, King
Tirumala's Palace, Great tank and Gandhi museum.
Dinner and overnite at hotel.
Day 9: Madurai - Rameshwaram
After breakfast proceed to Rameshwaram- the
most sacred temple town of India is an island
hallowed by the epic Ramayana, where Lord Rama
is said to have visited before going into battle
of Srilanka. Overnite stay at hotel.
Day 10: Madurai - Trivandrum
After breakfast drive to Trivandrum and
check in at hotel. Afternoon at leisure.
Day 11: Trivandrum - Kanyakumari
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After breakfast proceed for Kanyakumari - is
the land's end of India where the water of the
Arabian Sea , the Bay of Bengal and the Indian
Ocean meet.
Dinner and overnite at hotel.
Day 12: Trivandrum - Chennai
After breakfast transfer to airport to
connect flight for onward journey.
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