Duration : 6 Days
Destination : Chennai - Covelong -
Pondicherry - Tanjore - Trichy - Madurai - Periyar
Day 01: Abroad - Chennai - Covelong Arrive Madras International
airport.
On arrival, the guest will be met by our representative
and directly proceed to Covelong (43 kms/1 hr)
Upon arrival at
hotel the guests will be provided with the traditional Indian welcome
consisting of aarti-tikka and garlands with non-alcoholic welcome drink.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 02: Covelong
Fullday sightseeing tour of Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 03: Covelong - Pondicherry After breakfast drive to
Pondicherry (162 kms/4 hrs)
Tour of Pondicherry - visiting
Botanical garden, Eglise De Sacre Coeur De Jesus and Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
Later visit township of Auroville or the city of Dawn. Designed by a French
architect Roger Arger, it is an entirely new concept in education and urban
living. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 04: Pondicherry -
Tanjore After breakfast drive to Tanjore (177 kms/4 ½ hrs)
Upon arrival at Tanjore - check into hotel.
Afternoon sightseeing tour of Tanjore.
Dinner and overnight at
hotel.
Day 05: Tanjore - Trichy - Madurai After breakfast drive to
Madurai (190 kms/5½ hrs) enroute visiting Trichy
City tour
of Trichy - visit the 'Rock Fort Temple' which rises abruptly to a height of
273 ft. A steep staircase cut into the rock leads upto the Fort. At the
first level are the remnants of a huge hall blasted into ruins in 1772. The
next storey is the Mathrubhuteshwarer Shrine dedicated to Shiva. Finally at
the top of the hill, the 'Uchhi Pillayar Koil' - a Ganesh Temple offering a
commanding view of the city.
Thereafter continue drive to
Madurai
Upon arrival at Madurai - check into hotel.
Evening visit of the Meenakshi temple - Leave the hotel for the temple by
cycle rickshaws. At 9 PM, attend the night ceremony at the temple. This is a
ceremony that takes place every evening when the temple bronze of Lord Shiva
is carried to the bed chamber of Parvati. The procession is accompanied by
religious prayer and temple music.
Dinner and overnight at
hotel.
Day 06: Madurai - Periyar Morning city tour of Madurai visit
the Meenakshi temple one of the biggest temple complexes in India.
After breakfast drive to Periyar (177 kms/5 hrs)
Upon
arrival at Periyar - check into hotel.
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