Duration : 5 Nights /
6 Days
Places to Visit : Chennai
- Covelong - Pondicherry - Tanjore - Trichy - Madurai - Periyar
Day 1 : 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 2 : Covelong Fullday
sightseeing tour of Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram.
Dinner and
overnight at hotel.
Day 3 :
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
4 : 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 5 : 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
6 : 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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