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South India Wonderland
Duration: 05 Nights / 06 Days
Places Covered: 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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