CHENNAI TOUR PACKAGE

4D / 3N ( Tour Code : SC 04 )

CHENNAI TOUR PACKAGE

Surrounded by mountains and
lush scenic beauty, the Golden
Temple of Sripuram in Vellore is
clad in pure gold and is
equidistant from the two other
very well known pilgrimage
towns
of
Tirupati
and
Thiruvannamalai.

TOUR SCHEDULE
Day

Schedule

Night Stay

Half day Chennai Local visits. Places Covered: Kapaleshwar Temple, Fort St. George, Vellore
Government Museum and Marina Beach. After lunch proceed to Kanchipuram.
Transfer to Hotel. visit Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kamakshi Temple,
Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi Memorial). The Proceed to vellore Transfer to Hotel.

After breakfast Departure to Pondicherry enroute visits Vellore Golden Temple, Pondicherry
Tiruvannamalai - Arunachaleswar Temple, Ramana Maharshi Ashram, later proceed
to Pondicherry. Transfer to Hotel.

Day

Schedule

Night Stay

After breakfast Local visit Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Ganesh Mandir. And proceed Mahabalipuram
to Mahabalipuram. Transfer to Hotel. Local visits Pallavas Panch Rathas,
Arjuna Shilanyas. Evening have fun in the beach.

After Breakfast Departure to Chennai. ( 60 kms. / 1.5 hrs.) Enroute visits VGP Tour Concludes.
Golden Beach, Muttukadu Boat house, Crocodile Park and drop at Chennai.

COST INFORMATION
Cost Includes
Transport by Non A.C vehicle in Standard
package & A.C vehicle in Deluxe Package as per
the above itinerary. Hotel accommodation on
twin sharing basis in case of 3 persons a room
with one extra bed will be provided All Road
taxes, Toll taxes & Parking fee. Driver Reward.

Cost Excludes
Air Train fare. Guide & Entry fee during sight
seeing Boating Horse ride etc. Portages,
Laundry, Food, Tips, Liquor exp. A.C
Supplement charges for vehicle Rs. 1450 and
3.09% Govt. Service Tax. Any other item not
specified in Cost Includes.

PLACES COVERED
Kapaleeswarar Temple : Kapaleeswarar
Temple is holy temple of Shiva located in
Mylapore, a suburb of Chennai, Tamil
Nadu. The form of Shiva's wife Parvati
worshipped at this temple is called
Karpagambal, the word which is derived
from Tamil, "Goddess of the Wish Yielding Tree". The temple was built
around the 7th century and is a good
example of Dravidian architecture.
According to the Puranas, Shakti
worshipped Shiva in the form of a
peacock, which is why the vernacular
name Mylai.

Marina Beach : Marina Beach is an urban

beach in Chennai, along the Bay of Bengal,
part of the Indian Ocean. The beach runs
from near Fort St. George in the north to
Besant Nagar in the south. It the longest
urban beach in the country and the
world's second longest. Bathing and
swimming at the Marina Beach are legally
prohibited as the undercurrent is very
turbulent. It is the most crowded beach in
the country and attracts about 30,000
visitors a day during weekdays.

Chennai : Chennai is the capital city of

Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel
Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is a
major commercial, cultural, economic and
educational center in India and also
known as the Cultural Capital of South
India. With the second largest port in
India, Chennai had been part of successive
South Indian kingdoms through centuries.
The recorded history of the city began in
the colonial times with the arrival of
British East India Company.

Mahabalipuram
:
Mahabalipuram,
derived from 'Mamallapuram' is the prior
and colloquial name of a town in
Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu.
With an average elevation of 12 metres, is
now officially called Mamallapuram.
Mahabalipuram was a 7th century port
city of the South Indian dynasty of the
Pallavas around 60 km south from the city
of Chennai. The name Mamallapuram is
named
after
the
Pallava
king
Narasimhavarman I, who took on the
epithet Maha-malla, as the favourite sport
of the Pallavas.

Kanchipuram : Kanchipuram or Kanchi is a

temple city, which served as the Capital
city of the Pallava Kingdom. It is also
known by "The City of Thousand
Temples". Administrative headquarters of
Kanchipuram district, it is located 72
kilometers from Chennai, the capital city
of Tamil Nadu. Kanchipuram is considered
one of the seven holiest cities to the
Hindus of India and in Hinduism, a ketra is
a sacred ground, a field of active power, a
place where moksha, final release can be
obtained.

Pondicherry : Pondicherry is an urban

agglomeration and is affectionately
known as Pondy. It has been officially
known by the alternative name
Puducherry since 2006. The geography of
Pondicherry is the same as that of coastal
Tamil Nadu as its average elevation is at
sea level, and a number of sea inlets can
be found. Pondicherry experiences coastal
erosion and is protected against the sea
by a 1.25 mile (long seawall. A weatherbeaten cement plaque with the year 1952
is still visible.

Sripuram (Golden Temple): The golden

temple of Sripuram is a spiritual park at
the foot of a small range of green hills in a
place known as "Malaikodi" in Vellore.
The temple is at the southern end of the
city of Vellore, at Thirumalaikodi, located
on 100 acres of land. The specialty of
Sripuram is the Lakshmi Narayani temple
whose 'Vimanam and Ardha Mandapam
have been coated with gold both in the
interior and exterior. The temple has been
constructed by Vellore-based Sri Narayani
Peedam.

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