{"id":2721,"date":"2025-12-11T04:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2025-12-11T04:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:07:20","slug":"12-days-incredible-south-india-tour-from-madurai-temples-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/12-days-incredible-south-india-tour-from-madurai-temples-special\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Days Incredible South India Tour from Madurai \u2013 Temples Special – 2026 – 27"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duration<\/strong>: 11 Nights \/ 12 Days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Destinations covered<\/strong>: Chennai \u2013 Tirupati \u2013 Kanchipuram \u2013 Mahabalipuram \u2013 Thiruvannamalai \u2013 Pondicherry \u2013 Chidambaram \u2013 Tanjore \u2013 Trichy \u2013 Madurai \u2013 Rameswaram \u2013 Kanyakumari \u2013 Trivandrum.<\/div>\n
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On arrival to Chennai and transfer to the hotel. Half a day Chennai sightseeing and overnight stay in Chennai.<\/div>\n
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Morning after breakfast, proceed to Tirupati famous for the ancient temple of Lord Venkateswara. Darshan and overnight stay at Tirupati.<\/div>\n
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Morning after breakfast drive to Mahabalipuram enroute visit Kanchipuram the ancient capital of the Pallavas famous as a city of 1000 Temples and still has 124 shrines. On arrival check-into the hotel. Afternoon visit Shore Temple, Five Rathas, Arjuna\u2019s Penace, etc. Overnight at Mahabalipuram.<\/div>\n
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Morning after breakfast drive to Pondicherry. Enroute visit to Tiruvannamalai temple of Lord Shiva. After lunch proceed to Pondicherry, which carries a strong whiff of the French presence in India. Overnight at Pondicherry.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After breakfast proceed for a full day sightseeing tour of Pondicherry covering\u00a0Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Matrimandir at Auroville, Botanical Gardens and Chunnambar backwaters.\u00a0Overnight at Pondicherry.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After breakfast drive to Chidambaram, which has the famous Nataraja temple. Nataraja is Lord Shiva as a cosmic dancer. After lunch, drive to Thanjavur or Tanjore. Tanjore once the capital of the Chola Kings, has the Brahadeswara temple (or the big temple of God). Overnight at Tanjore.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After breakfast leave for Trichy, situated on the banks of the Caveri River and famous for the Ranganath temple at Srirangam. Check into the hotel. After lunch take a city tour visiting Rock fort and its temple at a height of over 23mts. Also visit Srirangam and Jambukeshwar Temple. Overnight at Trichy.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After breakfast proceed to Madurai and check into the hotel. After lunch take a city tour visiting \u2013 Meenakshi temple, King Tirumala\u2019s Palace, Great tank and Gandhi museum. Overnight at Madurai.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Day 09: Madurai \u2013 Rameswaram<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After breakfast proceed to Rameswaram. Lord Rama is said to have visited Rameswaram before going into battle with Lanka. One of the twelve Jyotirlingam shrines is also well known for its magnificent corridors and the massive sculptured pillars lining them. Overnight at Rameswaram.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Day 10: Rameswaram \u2013 Kanyakumari<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After breakfast drive to Kanyakumari and check into the hotel on arrival. Evening visit Vivekananda Rock Memorial and enjoy the beautiful sunset. Overnight stay at Kanyakumari.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Day 11: Kanyakumari \u2013 Trivandrum<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Morning visit\u00a0Amman Temples and proceed to Trivandrum. On arrival check into the hotel. Evening visit Napier museum, Padmanabhapuram palace and Padmanabha swami temple. Overnight stay at Trivandrum.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Day 12: Trivandrum Departure<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Morning after breakfast transfer to the airport \/ Railway station for onward journey.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Duration: 11 Nights \/ 12 Days Destinations covered: Chennai \u2013 Tirupati \u2013 Kanchipuram \u2013 Mahabalipuram \u2013 Thiruvannamalai \u2013 Pondicherry \u2013 Chidambaram \u2013 Tanjore \u2013 Trichy \u2013 Madurai \u2013 Rameswaram \u2013 Kanyakumari \u2013 Trivandrum. Day 01:\u00a0Arrive Chennai On arrival to Chennai and transfer to the hotel. Half a day Chennai sightseeing and overnight stay in Chennai. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}