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South India Sensation Tour
Duration:
11 nights/12 days
Destinations Covered : Chennai - Kanchipuram
- Mamallapooram - Tiruvannamalai - Pondicherry - Chidambaram - Tanjore - Trichy
- Madurai - Trivandrum
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 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
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. End
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