Day 01: Arrive Chennai (Madras)
Arrive Chennai & transfer to hotel. Overnight Chennai.
 

Day 02: Chennai - Trichy

Full day excursion of Mahabalipuram & Kanchipuram .
Kanchipuram (64 kms from Chennai(Madras)) is the ancient capital of the Pallavas famous as a city of 1000 Temples and still has 124 shrines. The first temple dedicated to Shiva was built in the 7th and 8th century and has paintings on the walls. Temples of Ekambaswara, Kailasanatha, Sri Kamakshi and Varadarajaswamy are of interest. Kanchipuram is also famous for its silks.
The city of Mahabalipuram is famous for the seven pagodas. Here on the seashore is an interesting group of ancient rock hewn temples which are the examples of Dravidian style of Architecture.
Later in the evening transfer to rail-station to board train to Trichy. Night on board.
 

Day 03: Arrive Trichy
 

Arrive Trichy and transfer to hotel.
Afternoon tour of Trichy. Trichy was the citadel of the Chola dynasty in the medieval period. In the 18th century it witnessed the Carnatic wars fought between the French and the English. Lord Robert Clive's house is still there to see and so is the DanishChurch. The Rock-Fort is the landmark of Trichy. A climb of 434 steps leads to the ancient temple of Ganapati on top and a further climb to a Shiva temple. Overnight Trichy.
  

Day 04: Trichy - Madurai Via Tanjore

Morning drive to Madurai visiting Tanjore enroute. At Tanjore, the beautiful Chola Temple of Brihadeshwara is capped by a monolithic cupola made of a single granite block weighing 80 tons which was taken to the top with the help of a 6 km long ramp, an old technique used by the Egyptians for building pyramids. Its bronzes and handicrafts make Tanjore one of the highlights of a visit to South India.
 

Arrive
 
Madurai & transfer to hotel. Overnight Madurai.
 

Day 05: Madurai
Morning visit Madurai. Visit  the great MeenakshiTemple  dedicated to the  consort of   Lord Shiva  with  its towering gopurams (rising high above the  surrounding country  side). Later, visit the  TirumalaNayakPalace - A   gracious building  in the Indo saracenic style, famous for the Stucco  work  on its  domes & arches. Also visit the Alagar Hills and Tirupara  Kundran Rock temple. Overnight Madurai.

Day 06: Madurai - Periyar
Morning drive to Periyar. Afternoon visit National Park. Set up in 1934,it extends to 777 square kms & forms part of the high mountain ranges, the Western Ghats.  Wild life can be seen while cruising on PeriyarLake in a motor boat. Amongst the animals which can be seen are elephants, wild boar,  sambar, tiger, leopard, wild dog, langur monkeys, etc. Overnight Periyar.
 
Day 07: Periyar - Cochin 
Morning drive to Cochin. Arrive Cochin & transfer to hotel. Overnight Cochin.  

Day 08: Cochin.
Morning city tour of Cochin. Cochin is the natural harbour created by the famed underwater Malabar mud-banks whose quality ensures that the rougher the seas are outside the calmer the waters are within the Harbour. Vasco-de-Gama placed it on the world map. It has a Jewish synagogue, Portuguese churches, mosques & Hindu temples. Watch the Chinese Fishing Nets. Overnight Cochin.

Day 09: Cochin - Mysore Via Bangalore
Morning transfer to airport to board flight for Bangalore. Arrive Bangalore & straight drive to Mysore. Arrive Mysore & transfer to hotel. Overnight Mysore.
 
Day 10: Mysore
Morning tour of Mysore. Visit the palace of the Maharaja built in 1911-12. The palace is of harmonious syntheses of the hindu and saracenic styles of architecture with archways, domes, turrets, colonnades and sculptures which are magnificent. Visit the ArtGallery; drive upto Chamundi hill to see ChamundeshwariTemple & a panoramic view of Mysore. On the way back, see the Nandi Bull. Afternoon free. Overnight Mysore.
 

Day 11: Mysore - Hassan  
Morning drive to Hassan.  Arrive Hassan & transfer to hotel.

 
 
Belur & Halebid
Later full day excursion to Belur & Halebid.
Belur The  Chenna  Kesava  temple  of  Belur built  900 years ago is an exquisite  example of Hoysala art.

Halebid's 12th century Hoysaleswara and  Kedareswara  temples  are masterpieces of Hindu art.
 

Overnight Hassan.

 
 
Day 12: Hassan - Hospet
Morning drive to Hospet  
Later excursion of Hampi. The once beautiful capital city of Vijayanagar Empire - greater than Rome, had palaces, temples & sculptures, spread all over. The city was razed to the ground by the Sultanates of South in 1565. Some of the interesting ruins remaining are the Virupaksha, Vittala and Hazara Rama temples huge Ganesha and Narasimha images, the elephant stables, the Queen's Bath, carvings on the Ramachandra temple & Lotus Mahal. Overnight Hospet.
 
Day 13:  Hospet - Badami stopping at Aihole & Pattadakal
Morning drive to Badami. Arrive Badami & transfer to hotel. Day free. Overnight Badami.
 

Day 14: Badami

Morning tour of Badami. Badami also known as Vatapi is rich with Hindu and Jain temples carved out of sand stone hills. The carved temples date back to the 6th century. Of these, three are Hindu and one Jain. Sculptured out of solid rock they are adorned with carvings. The Fort, on top of a hill encloses large granaries, treasury & a watch tower. The Malegitti Shivalaya temple set on the summit of a hill is built of stones without mortar. Overnight Badami. 
                                                          

Day 15: Badami - Goa
 

Morning drive to Goa. Arrive Goa & transfer to hotel. Overnight Goa.
 

Day 16: Goa
Day Free. No transport services. Overnight Goa.
 
Day 17: Goa
Day Free. No transport services. Overnight Goa.

 
Day 18: Goa - Bombay
Morning transfer to airport to board flight for Bombay. Arrive Bombay & transfer to hotel. Day free. Overnight Bombay.
 
 

Day 19: Bombay

Morning half day city tour of Bombay. Kamla  Nehru  Park,  Hanging Gardens situated on the slopes of Malabar Hill offering a  panoramic  view of Marine Drive, Chowpatty Beach,  Prince of  Wales  Museum, Mani Bhawan, Dhobi  Ghat,  Gateway  of India & drive through the Crawford Market, Marine Drive &  Flora Fountain.
 

Check out from hotel at 1200 hrs. Later in the evening transfer to airport to board flight for own country.
 

Day 20: Departure
Departure to own country.
 

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                       All hotels check-in & check-out time is 1200 hrs. (Noon)