EXPLORING TAMILNADU TOUR

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Destinations Covered : Chennai - Mahabalipuram - Pondicherry

Duration : 4 Nights / 5 Days

This tour package is designed to give you some of the less popular beaches, which are, in true sense, no less than a lifetime journey into a newer world of beaches.The tour package includes most of the important places around Chennai such as Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry and offers the traveller to experience the more charming and pristine face of Tamil Nadu. The tour not only lets one see the beautiful and serene beaches, but also mixes a rather contrasting effect of arts and culture along with it. This six day tour would definitely entice your aesthetics.


DAY 1: ARRIVE CHENNAI (BY AIR)

Meeting & greeting at the airport and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.


DAY 2: CHENNAI - KANCHIPURAM (70 Kms/02 Hrs) KANCHIPURAM-MAHABALIPURAM

After a flavorful breakfast at hotel, drive to Mahabalipuram. En route visit Kanchipuram (One of the seven sacred cities of India, served as a capital for several dynasties, most prominent among them being the Pallavas and the Cholas, responsible for making the most spectacular temple city of India.) Visit three of the best temples - Kailasanatha & Ekambareshwara(dedicated to Lord Shiva), and Vaikuntaperumal (dedicated to lord Vishnu). Kanchipuram is also renowned for its silk, a traditional cottage industry art that has been handed down over the centuries from one generation to the next. Overnight stay at the hotel


DAY 3: MAHABALIPURAM

After a traditional breakfast, enjoy the full day sightseeing of Mahabalipuram. Visit Shore Temple of India (It is so named because it overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD.) Later visit Arjuna’s Penance (Arjuna's Penance are portrayed in stone at the Pallava heritage site. The relief is more of a canvas of Indian rock cut sculpture). Proceed to visit Five Raths Cave also known as Pancha Ratha Caves, to see Krishna’s butter ball and chariots. (Pancha Rathas is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. Pancha Rathas is an example of monolithic Indian rock-cut architecture. The five-ratha group is on a north-south axis with the Dharmaraja Ratha on the south, followed by the Bhima Ratha). Overnight stay at the hotel.


DAY 4: MAHABALIPURAM - PONDICHERRY (98 Kms/02 Hrs)

After breakfast at hotel, drive to Pondicherry. (Officially known as Puducherry is the capital and the most populous city of this Indian Union Territory, a French colonial settlement in India until 1954, bounded by the southeastern Tamil Nadu state. Its French legacy is preserved in its French Quarter, with tree-lined streets, mustard-colored colonial villas and chic boutiques.) Upon arrival at , visit Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville. Evening is free to relax at beaches running along the city & attain peace of mind with yoga. Overnight stay at the hotel.


DAY 5: PONDICHERRY – CHENNAI (175 Kms/04 Hrs) CHENNAI – ONWARD DESTINATION

After Breakfast drive back to Chennai and transfer to airport to connect flight for onward destination.

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