South India Festival
Tour
 Duration: 6 Nights / 7
Days
Places Covered: Chennai - Mahabalipuram - Tanjore -
Tirchy - Madurai - Chennai
Day 1: Chennai
Arrive Madras by international flight. Assistance on arrival and
transfer to the hotel. Afternoon sightseeing tour. Madras, the
capital city, popularly regarded as the 'Gateway to the South'
represents a culture that is distinctly different from that of
northern India.
Day 2: Chennai - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram
Morning drive to Kanchipuram. Kanchipuram, 70 kms west of
Mahabalipuram, this city of thousand temples lies. One of the seven
sacred cities of Hindus, it was the capital of the early Cholas as
far back as the 2nd century BC. Kanchi was a major seat of Tamil
learning as well as an important place of pilgrimage for Buddhists,
Jains and Hindus.
Overnight at the hotel in Covelong.
Day 3: Mahabalipuram - Tanjore
An early departure for Tanjore visiting enroute Pondicherry.
Pondicherry - Although the French influence is gradually fading,
Pondicherry retains a few Gallic accents. Pondicherry's main sights
are the Rai Nivas, the Sacred Heart Church and the Sri Aurobindo
Ashram.
Day 4: Tanjore - Trichy
Morning sightseeing tour of Tanjore. Tanjore - The home of Carnatic
music, musical instruments, dance and traditional hadicrafts,
Tanjore (Thanjavur) is famous for the Brahadeeswarar Temple. The
temple constructed more than a thousand years ago by the Chola King
Raja Rajan is an architect's marvel.
Day 5: Trichy - Madurai
Morning visit Rock Fort Temple. The Rock Fort situated on the banks
of the Kaveri river, Trichy's most famed land mark is an 84 m high
rock, one of the oldest in the world aprox.3,800 million years. The
attraction is not for fort itself but the temple at the summit. 344
steps hewn out of rock lead to the top where are the inscriptions
dating back to the 3rd century B.C.
Later drive to Madurai and on arrival, check-in at the hotel.
Overnight stay.
Day 6: Madurai - Chennai
Morning sightseeing tour of Madurai Madurai, known as Athens of the
East, it is the second largest city on the banks of the River Vigai.
The city believed to be more than 2500 yeras old. The city got its
name from the drops of nectar (Mathuram) that fell from Shiva's locs
when he came to bless its people for constructing a temple for him.
Madurai where the people wake up at the chant of hymns is proud of
magnificent 'The Meenakshi-Sundareswara Temple.
Day 7: Madurai - Chennai
Transfer to the airport for flight to Madras.
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