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Day - 1 : Arrive Chennai
Arrival Chennai Check into hotel overnight stay at Chennai
Day - 2 : Chennai - Pondicherry
Morning after breakfast Checkout from the hotel departs to Pondicherry Check into hotel Local Sightseeing of Pondicherry-carries a strong whiff of the French presence in India. Legend says that Pondicherry is the place where St. Agasthaya settled down. Visiting Arbindo Ashram, the city of dawn, which is 10kms north of Pondicherry. This ashram promotes Aurbindo's ideas in bringing about a synthesis of Yoga and modern science, so as to unite the spirit and matter. Stay overnight Pondicherry.
Day - 3 : Pondicherry
After breakfast visit Auroville - a unique experiment international living and in creating a new environment where men and women of all nationalities live together in harmony; Vardaraja Perumal Temple, Vedapureswarar Temple & Manakula Vinayagar Temple war memorial, Town Hall. Stay overnight Pondicherry.
Day - 4 : Pondicherry - Velankani
Morning after breakfast Checkout from the hotel departs to Pondicherry Check into hotel Local Sightseeing Star Church for Our Lady of Vailankanni. Proceed to the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health. Popularly known as the ‘Lourdes of the East’, this is where most miracles of Mother Mary have been witnessed. Spend the latter before the day soaking in the tranquility and serenity of the place at the Velankanni Beach.
Day - 5 : Velankani
Day excursion to picchavaram & back Velankani overnight stay.
Day - 6 : Velankani to Rameshwaram
Drive to Rameshwaram check into hotel. Rameshwaram is an island situated on the tip of the Indian peninsula. The city is also an important south India pilgrimage center of the Indians. It is the place from where Lord Rama had built a bridge across the sea to rescue his consort Sita. This is the place where Rama worshipped Lord Shiva to cleanse away the sin of Ravana. Both the Vaishnavites and Shaivites visit this pilgrimage city. A place called Dhanushkodi named after Rama's bow is at the eastern end of the island at a distance of 8 kms from Rameshwaram. Stay overnight at Rameshwaram Hotel.
Day - 7 : Rameshwaram Sightseeing
After breakfast, Rameshwaram Temple Visit and Dhanushkodi . Overnight stay .
Day - 8 : Rameswaran - Madurai
Morning after breakfast Checkout from the hotel proceeds to Madurai Day will be free to visit the Meenakshi temple one of the biggest temple complex in India - it is 46 ft. long by 790 ft broad and was built in the 17th Century. It is a rectangular twin shrine: the southern temple dedicated to Meenakshi (the consort of Shiva) and the other to Shiva. The high point of the Meenakshi temple is Hall of a "Thousand Pillars", built in the 16th C which is as great a work of structural engineering as it is of art. Stay overnight in Madurai hotel.
Day - 9 : Madurai - Trichy
After breakfast get ready to Visit Ucchi Pillayar, Rock Fort, Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Tiruvanaikkaval or Jambukeswara Temple. Overnight at hotel.
Day - 10 : Trichy - Chennai
List of most popular Places to Visit with Chennai Local Sightseeing Tour Packages Marina Beach For a complete trip of Chennai, a visit to Marina beach is mandatory. Boasts of being the longest beach in the country, it has ample of alluring offers to keep every traveller interested. Fort St. George Constructed by British East India Company in 1644, Fort St. George is considered to be the first British fortress which makes it one of the important landmarks not only in Chennai but in Indian history as well. Vivekananda House and Museum OverNight stay Chennai
Day - 11 : Chennai
After breakfast get ready to Visit Kapaleeswarar Temple,Elliot’s Beach / Besant Nagar Beach OverNight stay Chennai
Day - 12 : Chennai - drop
After breakfast check out from hotel and drive to Bangalore for onward destination with Sweet Memories. Tour End.