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Chennai
- Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram - Pondicherry - Thanjavur - Thiruchirapalli
- Madurai - Chennai(07 Nights 08 Days)
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Day 01/ Arrive Chennai
Arrive Chennai. Meet assist at the airport and transfer to hotel.
Night stay in Chennai.
Day
02/ Chennai
Morning proceed for city tour of Chennai. It is the fourth largest
city in India. The sprawling city which is divided in two by the
cooum River, has few tall buildings to mark the impression of
an easygoing market town. The gracefulness is present in Madras
in such liberal quantities is propriate. Visit the Fort St. George
- Still surrounded by cannon-proof walls. Within the fort, visit
St. Thomas Mount, San Thome Cathedral, Kapaleeswar Temple and
the National Art Gallery. Night in Chennai.
Day
03/ Chennai - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram
Drive Chennai to Kanchipuram, which is 76 kms. & 2 hrs. drive.
Kanchipuram - known as the Golden City of a Thousand
Temples, is one of the oldest towns in India. It is famous for
both its temples, many of them remarkably well preserved and for
its hand-woven silks. Kanchipuram is one of the seven sacred cities
of India and it is the only one associated with both Shiva and
Vishnu. Visit Ekambareshwar Temple, Kailashnath Temple, Kamakshi
Temple, the Vaikunthaperumal Temple, all built in the 7th and
8th centuries. With a weaving tradition dating back to the Pallava
era (when silk was the royal cloth), Kanchipuram is justly famous
for its particularly fine silk saris, embellished with stunning
patterns. Visit the local homes of the weavers and watch them
create magic out of silk thread into saris. Afternoon drive to
Mahabalipuram, which is 65 kms. and approx. 1½ hrs. drive.
Transfer to hotel. Night stay in Mahabalipuram.
Day
04/ Mahabalipuram - Pondicherry
Mahabalipuram - This is a small, quiet seaside resort with a unique
7th-century Shore Temple, a lovely beach and some of the most
beautiful rock-cut temples in the world. Situated on the shore
of the Bay of Bengal, Mahabalipuram was already a famous seaport
in the 1st century AD. This town was a workshop for temple building.
Visit the seven pagoda-style Shore temples, lashed by the waves
of the sea and the seven rathas or temple chariots, a group of
monolithic monuments & animal figures carved out of solid
rock, the earliest known examples of Dravidian architecture. They
were constructed in a single century-long burst of creative enthusiasm,
starting in the reign of Narasimhavarman 1 (AD 630-68). End the
visit by photography of the beautiful Shore temples at sunset.
Afternoon drive to Pondicherry, which is 132 kms. & approx
04 hrs. drive. Transfer to hotel. Night stay in Pondicherry.
Day
05/ Pondicherry - Thanjavur
After breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour of Pondicherry which
includes visit to the Vardaraja Perumal Temple, Vedapureeswarar
Temple & Manakula Vinayagar Temple. Afternoon drive to Thanjavur,
which is 177 kms. & approx. 06 hrs. drive. Transfer to hotel.
Night stay in Thanjavur.
Day
06/ Thanjavur - Thiruchirapalli
Morning proceed for sightseeing tour of Thanjavur which includes
visit to the famous Thanjavur temples, the Brahadeeswarar Temple.
Afternoon drive to Thiruchirapalli, which is 55 kms & approx
1½ hrs. drive. Transfer to hotel. Night stay in Tiruchirapalli.
Day
07/ Thiruchirapalli - Madurai
Morning proceed for sightseeing tour of Thiruchirapalli including
visit to the Ranganathan Temple at Srirangam, 10 kms away from
Trichy. Afternoon drive to Madurai, which is 142 kms & 05
hrs. drive. Transfer to hotel. Night stay in Madurai.
Day
08/ Madurai - Chennai - Departure
Sightseeing tour of Madurai visiting the Meenakshi Sundareswara
Temple, Tirumalai Nayak Palace & the Vandiyur Mariamman Tank.
Afternoon fly from Madurai to Chennai. On arrival in Chennai connect
flight for onward destination.
