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Day 01 Arrive Chennai
On
arrival you will be met and transferred to hotel. Later proceed for the
sightseeing of Chennai, “the gateway of South India”.
Visit
National Art Gallery and Museum (closed on Fridays) which has a
selection of ancient paintings of almost all schools as well as section
devoted to modern art, Fort St. George, St. Mary’s Church, Drive along
Marina Beach (the second longest in the world), San Thome Cathedral,
Mylapore Shiva Temple and shopping.
Overnight at
Chennai.
Day 02 Chennai / Tirutani
Breakfast at Hotel.
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.
Later in the
evening transfer to the Station to board train to Madurai.
Overnight on
train.
Day 03 Arrive
Madurai
Early morning
arrive Madurai.
On arrival check-in to the hotel.
In the afternoon visit to Pazhamudircholai, 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.
Thiruparankundram enshrines Murugan as the leader of the armies of the
Gods, which are among the six abodes of Lord Murugan. Its innermost
shrine is cut out of a solid rock.
Overnight at
Madurai.
Day 04
Madurai / Palani / Madurai
Drive (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 at
Madurai
Day 05
Madurai / Tiruchchendur / Madurai
Drive (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.
Overnight at
Madurai.
Day 06
Madurai
/ Tanjore
Drive to Tanjore 155kms check into hotel. In the 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 at
Tanjore.
Day 07 Trichy / Chennai
Morning Drive (60kms 1 hour) to Trichy take 9.00 am train to Chennai on
arrival in Chennai transfer to airport.
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