South India Temple Tours with Kerala

Tour Itinerary

Duration: (08 Nights / 09 Days)
Destinations Covered: Chennai – Kanchipuram – Tiruvannamalai - Chidambaram – Thanjavur – Madurai – Tirunelveli – Trivandrum – Alleppey – Cochin

• DAY
  1

  Arrive Chennai (Hotel Check in Time 1200 Noon) (No Meal)

  

  Scheduled arrive Chennai Airport; meet our representative who will assist you to transfer to Hotel. After half day city tour of Chennai including Kapaleeswar Temple and Marina Beach. Rest of time free for shopping in T Nagar Area.
  
  Overnight stay at hotel.

• DAY
  2

  Chennai – Kanchipuram (70Kms)

  

  Post breakfast check out and depart for Kanchipuram. On reaching check into hotel. Post freshen up visit Kailasanthar Temple, Ekambareshwarar Temple, the Vardarajanperumal Temple and the Sakiswarar Temple. Rest of time free at leisure.
  
  Overnight stay in Hotel.

• DAY
  3

  Kanchipuram – Tiruvannamalai - Chidambaram – Tanjore (375Kms, 7Hrs drive)

  

  Post early breakfast check out and depart for Tiruvannamali home to the renowned Annamalaiyar temple on Annamalai hill. On reaching pay your obeisance and soon depart for Tanjore via Chidambaram. In the evening arrive Chidambaram - which is a major pilgrimage site for Shaivites as well as Vaishnavites, where one of the holiest and most ancient temples of Hinduism, the Chidambaram temple is located. Visit Chidambaram Temple which is dedicated to Lord Siva and his form of the Cosmic Dancer – Nataraja. Continue your drive for Tanjore. Late evening arrive and check into hotel.
  
  Overnight stay in Hotel.

• DAY
  4

  Tanjore – Sightseeing

  

  Post fresh up visit the famous Brihadeeswarar temple (known locally as Thanjai Periya Kovil) housing a huge Shiva lingam and a stone sculpture of the Nandi bull. Later visit Thanjavur Big Temple Airavateswaratemple , Thanjavur Royal Palace, the Gangaikonda temple ,and Sukkiran Temple is known as the Navagraha temple. Rest of time free at leisure.
  
  Overnight stay at Hotel.

• DAY
  5

  Thanjavure( Tanjore) – Madurai (125Kms, 4Hrs drive)

  

  Post breakfast in the hotel drive to Madurai. On reaching in the afternoon check into hotel. After fresh up explore the temple town which is a 2,600 years old famous temple town of south India. Visit the famous Meenakshi Temple, Mariamman Teppakulam (Great Tank).

• DAY
  6

  Madurai – Tirunelveli – Trivandrum (Tiruvanathpuram)

  

  Post Breakfast at hotel drive to Tirunelveli has a number of historical monuments, with the Nellaiappar Temple being the most prominent. The city is also renowned throughout the state for a sweet called 'Irutukadaihalwa'. Post paying your obeisance to Lord Shiva drive to Trivandrum. In the evening arrive and check into hotel.
  
  Overnight stay in Hotel.

• DAY
  7

  Trivandrum -Alleppey (185Kms, 4.5Hrs drive) (B,L,D)

  

  Early morning visitdedicated to Lord Vishnu, the temple is a blend of the Kerala and Dravidian styles of architecture located inside the East Fort. After breakfast in the hotel check out and drive to Alleppey. On arrival check in to houseboat for a Kerala houseboat tour over the scenic backwaters. Sit back and relax at the houseboat and enjoy the scenic beauty as the boat passes through the emerald green paddy fields, refreshing natural beauty, exotic resorts and the rustic villages.
  
  Overnight stay in Houseboat.

• DAY
  8

  Alleppey – Cochin (70Kms, 1.5Hrs drive) + Sightseeing/ Kathakali

  

  Post breakfast in the Hotel depart for Cochin. On reaching visit Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple is one of the most celebrated Hindu shrines of Kerala. Thousands of pilgrims and devotees of the Goddess visit here and make their reverential offerings to redeem them of their afflictions. A visit to the temple brings relief to them from the overburdening anguish and agonies of material life. Later visit Ernakulam Shiva Temple, also is one of the major temples of Kerala, located in heart of Ernakulamhe temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is considered as the city temple, with the presiding deity as the protector of the city, as per local Hindu faiths and traditions. The temple is built on 1-acre (4,000 m2) land. The temple is one of the major Shiva temples in Kerala counted along with the EttumanoorMahadevar Temple, Kaduthruthy Mahadeva Temple, Vaikom Temple, Chengannur Mahadeva Temple and Vadakkunathan temple. In the afternoon check into hotel. Evening enjoy Kathakali Dance performance in a Theatre. Back to hotel.
  
  Overnight stay in Hotel.

• DAY
  9

  Cochin - Sightseeing / Airport Departure

  

  Post breakfast in the Hotel check out and proceed for sightseeing. Including Chinese Fishing Net, Marine drive and Dutch Palace etc. Rest of time free at leisure / shopping until scheduled transfer to Cochin Airport to board the flight for onward destination .
  
  Tour ends with happy memories.

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