Detailed Itinerary:
Arrive ChennaiOn arrival in Chennai you will be met by our Tour
Manager and transfer to hotel. Overnight hotel in Chennai.
Chennai - Tirutani - Chennai
Drive (90kms / 1.5hours) in the morning to Tirutani, the hill called
Thanikai Malai where Lord Muruga went for leading Life of Meditation
here Lord Murugan is known as Thanikachalam. After temple visit drive
back to Chennai. Overnight in Chennai
Arrive MaduraiDepart for Madurai by flight or train on arrival
in Madurai transfer to hotel in the afternoon Visit to Pazhamuthircholai
unlike the other five temples, there is no grand edifice surrounding the
central shrine of worship The temple is composed of three shrines
dedicated to Ganesha, Muruga and Lord Shiva. This fane surrounded by
thick jungle presents a picturesque scene of peace and quiet and
Thiruparankundram enshrines Murugan as the leader of the armies of the
Gods, which are among the six abodes of Lord Murugan. Overnight in
Madurai.
Madurai - Palani - MaduraiDrive (110kms 2.5hours) to Palani According to
mythology, the origin of the temple is based on the story when Lord
Shiva offered a mango as a prize to the sons who encircled the world
first. Lord Muruga set off at great pace on his peacock, while Lord
Ganesha went round his divine parents indicating that they were the
universe, and thereby won the prize Mango. Lord Muruga in his
frustration, clad only in a hermit's garb and carrying the staff dandam
left Mount Kailasa for the South Visit the temple - 4th in the series of
Arupadai Vedu. then drive back to Madurai. Overnight in Madurai.
Madurai - Tiruchchendur - MaduraiDrive (220kms 5 hours) to Tiruchchendur According
to tradition, after the final battle on the beach at Tiruchendur, Lord
Murugan felt remorse for His role in slaughtering Surapadma's demonic
army. He therefore built a shrine nearby to His Father Lord Siva and
worshipped Him there. Technically, therefore, the temple is dedicated to
Lord Siva. Yet the mulasthanam deity is Lord Senthil Andavar. Drive back
to Madurai. Overnight Madurai.
Drive to TanjoreDrive to Tanjore 155kms check into hotel
afternoon visit to Swamimalai- The temple is built on an artificial
hillock of about sixty feet height with sixty beautifully laid stone
steps representing the Hindu cycle of sixty years - leading to the Lord
. In the ground floor there are temples dedicated to Lord Sundareswarar
and Goddess Meenakshi Overnight hotel in Thanjavur
Trichy - ChennaiMorning Drive (60kms 1 hour) to Trichy take 9.00
am train to Chennai on arrival in Chennai transfer to airport
