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Discover India - Temples in India by Legend
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04 Nights / 05 Days
Destinations : Chennai - Mahabalipuram - Kanchipuram - Trichy - Tanjore - Chennai
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| Day 1 - Arrive Chennai |
Arrive
Chennai, meet assist at the airport and transfer to hotel. Later
proceed on a half Day sightseeing tour of Chennai covering St.Thomas
Church, Kapaleshwar Temple, Fort St. George and drive past the Marina
Beach. Night stay in Chennai.
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Day 2 - Mahabalipuram - Kanchipuram( By road )
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After breakfast drive to Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.
Mahabalipuram is a small, quiet seaside resort with a unique 7th
century Shore Temple, a lovely beach and some of the most beautiful
rock cut temples in the world. Situated on the shore of the Bay of
Bengal, Mahabalipuram was already a famous seaport in the 1st century
AD. This, town was a workshop for temple building. Visit the seven
pagoda style shore temples, lashed by the waves of the sea and the
seven rathas or temple chariots, a group of monolithic monuments &
animal figures carved out of solid rock, the earliest known examples of
Dravidian architecture. They were constructed in a single century long
burst of creative enthusiasm, starting in the reign of Narasimhavarman
1 (AD 63068). End the visit by photography of the beautiful Shore
temples at sunset.
Kanchipuram known as the Golden City of a Thousand Temples, is one of
the oldest towns in India. It is famous for both its temples, many of
them remarkably well preserved and for its hand-woven silks.
Kanchipuram is one of the seven sacred cities of India and it is the
only one associated with both Shiva and Vishnu. Visit Ekambareshwar
Temple, Kailashnath Temple, Kamakshi Temple, the Vaikunthaperumal
Temple, all built in the 7th and 8th centuries. With a weaving
tradition dating back to the Pallava era (when silk was the royal
cloth), Kanchipuram is justly famous for its particularly fine silk
saris, embellished with stunning patterns. Visit the local homes of the
weavers and watch them create magic out of silk thread into saris.
Night stay in Kanchipuram.
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| Day 3 - Kanchipuram - Trichy ( By road ) |
After
breakfast drive to Trichy. Afternoon proceed on a half Day city tour of
Trichy covering Rock Fort Temple. Night stay in Trichy.
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| Day 4 - Tanjore |
After breakfast drive to Tanjore. Later visit Thanjavur Palace, the Brihadishwara Temple and Fort. Night stay in Tanjore.
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| Day 5 - Tanjore - Trichy - Chennai - Departure |
| After breakfast drive to Trichy to board the flight to Chennai to connect the onward flight. |
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