Inbound / Domestic Tourism

Southern Splendour

TAMILNADU - SPIRITUAL TOUR
DAY1- CHENNAI – KANCHEEPURAM – MAHABALIPURAM

Morning visit to Kancheepuram & then proceed to Mahabalipuram. Overnight stay at hotel. Kancheepuram is a city well known for temples and silk sarees. Places of visit here include Varadharaja Perumal Temple for Lord Vishnu for Lord Vishnu and Ekambaranatha Temple which is one of the five form of abodes of Lord Siva, (it is the earth abode here, other abodes include Chidambaram (Sky), Sri Kalahasti (air), Thiruvanaikoil (water) and Tiruvannamalai (fire)),Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kumara Kottam, Kachapeshwarar Temple, Kailasanathar Temple and many more.


DAY2 - MAHABALIPURAM

The full day is for sight seeing of Mahabalipuram. Overnight stay at hotel. Mahabalipuram is situated on the shores of the Bay of Bengal, 60km South of Chennai. It was once a port of the Pallavas, a place containing Sculptural Panels, Caves, Monolithic Rathas and Temples. For centuries it has been a centre of pilgrimage.


DAY3 - MAHABALIPURAM – KUMBAKONAM

Depart from Mahabalipuram to Kumbakonam, enroute visit To Pondicherry & Chidambaram. The lovely town of Chidambaram is situated in the east-central part of Tamil Nadu state. It is located in the Coleroon River Valley on the Madras-Thanjavur road and rail system. Chidambaram (Thillai) literally means the sky permeated by an atmosphere of intelligence and wisdom. It is one of the five Shaivite mukti sthalams, the other four being Kalahasti, Kanchipuram, Tiruvannamalai and Tiruvanaikaval. Overnight at hotel.


 
DAY4 - KUMBAKONAM

We do pay a visit to the temples in and around Kumbakonam. Kumbakonam is one of the oldest towns situated in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for its Mahamaham festival that is celebrated once in 12 years in the Mahamaham tank located at the heart of the city. Kumbakonam is also known as the temple city of South India, is picturesquely located amidst the two rivers, Cauvery and Arasalar. In the 7th Century it was the capital of Chola Kings. Overnight stay at hotel.


 
DAY5 - KUMBAKONAM - THANJAVUR

Depart from Kumbakonam to Thanjavur, 55 km east of Trichy, afternoon pay a visit to the Brihadeeswara temple and library. Thanjavur once known as Tanjore is one of the most important towns in the Cauvery delta, so fertile that elephants rather than horses or oxen were used to thrash the abundant paddy; hence, it is called 'The Rice Bowl of India'.  From 9th to 13th centuryThanjavur served as the capital of the powerful Chola dynasty which was spread in most of south India. Overnight stay at hotel.

 
DAY6 - THANJAVUR – MADURAI

Morning make a visit to company were bronze casting & intricate art of Veena making is done, then proceed to Madurai via Chettinadu. Madurai is known as the Athens of the East, & the second largest city in Tamil Nadu. It is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai. An ancient city, more than 2,500 years old, Madurai is believed to having been built by the Pandyan King Kulasekara in the 6th century BC. Overnight stay at hotel.


 
DAY7 - MADURAI – CHENNAI

Full day sight seeing of Madurai, a city famous for its temples and has a history dating all the way back to the Sangam period of the pre Christian era. Later in the night depart back to home by night train.