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Duration
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Places
to Visit:: Delhi - Bangalore - Belur
- Halebid - Hassan - Mysore - Saravanabelgola
- Bangalore - Chennai - Kanchipuram- Mahabalipuram
- tanjore - Trichi - Madurai- Chennai –
Delhi |
Day
01
Welcome
on arrival and transfer to hotel |
Day
02
Full
day sightseeing of Delhi. Same day transfer
to airport for Bangalore flight. Transfer
to hotel for overnight stay. |
Day
03
Full
day sightseeing of the garden city Bangalore
with its numerous avenues of Jacaranda,
Gulmohar and cassia, visit Bull Temple and
Tipu's summer palace. Afternoon drive past
numerous parks and Vidhan Saudha and downtown
commercial centre. Overnight in hotel.
Day 04
After
breakfast, drive to see Belur (220 kms/5
hrs) and other temples, proceed to Hassan
(38 kms/45 mins) for lunch. |
| Afternoon
visit temples of Halebid (17 kms/25 mins)
and proceed to Mysore. Overnight at hotel. |
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Day
05
After
breakfast, drive back to Bangalore (139 kms/3
½ hours), via Sravanabelgola. Evening
transfer to airport for flight to Madras.
On arrival at Cahennai transfer to hotel for
overnight stay.
Day
06 |
After
breakfast, drive to Kanchipuram (1 hr.),
the erstwhile capital of the Pallavas and
Cholas. Visit its numerous temples dedicated
to various gods and goddesses. It is also
home of weavers of the fame Kanchipuram
silks, lunch at Kanchipuram. Evening drive
to Mahabalipuram (60 kms / 1 hr & 30
mins) and check into the hotel. Overnight
at hotel.
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Day
07
Morning
visit the temples of Mahabalipuram. After
breakfast drive to Tanjore (5 hrs). Afternoon
tour of Tanjore temples. Late evening drive
to Tiruchirapally (Trichi) (54 km's / 1
hr & 15 min's) and transfer to hotel
for overnight stay.
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Day
08
After
breakfast, visit the temple of Trichi. Afternoon
drive to Madurai (128 km's / 4 hrs) and on
arrival transfer to the hotel. Evening free
to explore the bazaars. Overnight at hotel.
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Day
09
After
breakfast, city tour visiting the temples
which are a city within a city built in
the Dravidian style - one for Shiva and
other for spouse Meenakshi. Also visit Teppa
Kulu, a tank with an island temple. Late
evening transfer to airport for flight to
Chennai and on arrival transfer to the hotel
for overnight stay.
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Day
10
After
breakfast, visit fort St. George, St. Mary's
Church, the oldest Anglican church, east of
the Suez. Afternoon visit Basilica of Saint
Thomas, believed to have been built by St.
Thomas, the apostle. Also visit the snake
park. By evening transfer to airport for return
flight to Delhi and on arrival, transfer for
flight to onward destination. |
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