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South India Pilgrimage Tour (Code : PTP - 18)
Duration: 10 Nights / 11 Days
Places Covered: Delhi - Bangalore - Puttaparthi - Tirupati - Chennai - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram - Madurai - Kanyakumari - Trivandrum - Delhi
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Day 01: Welcome to Delhi 
Arrive Delhi. Meet assist at the airport and
transfer to hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
Day 02: Explore Old Delhi and New Delhi
Visit Delhi to
experience a fusion of power, politics, invasions,
and conquests & of free India.
OLD DELHI - Old Delhi is inhabited by a predominantly Muslim population whose lives revolve around work and the local mosque, much as it was a century ago.A sightseeing tour of Old Delhi would entail visiting the Raj Ghat - the memorial site where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated; Jama Masjid - the largest mosque in India and the Red Fort - once the most opulent fort and palace of the Moghul Empire.
NEW DELHI - The capital and the third largest city of India is a fusion of the ancient and the modern. An extensive sightseeing tour of New Delhi would include a visit to the Humayun's Tomb, the Qutub Minar, a drive along the ceremonial avenue - Rajpath, past the imposing India Gate, Parliament House, the President's Residence and would end with a drive through the Diplomatic Enclave. . Night stay in Delhi.
Day 03: Delhi - Bangalore - Puttaparthi
After late breakfast, transfer to
Domestic Airport for flight to Bangalore, and
continue to Puttaparthy by surface. Reach
Puttaparthy. Transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day 04: Puttaparthi (Christmas with Sathya Sai Baba)
After breakfast, full day at Puttaparthi and visit
Sri Sathya Sai Baba Ashram. The life story of Sai
Baba, as documented by his many disciples, is so
spectacular that it is difficult to know where
biography ends and apocrypha begins. On the other
hand, as the believers would counter, the lives of
saints are meant to be extraordinary - to stretch
the limits of our rational daytime understanding, as
it were.Dinner & overnight at hotel.
DAY 05: Puttaparthi - Tirupati 
After breakfast, drive to Tirupati and transfer to hotel. Lunch at local restaurant Tirupathi is a temple town known for the famous ancient temple of Lord Venkateswara (Lord of seven hills or Balaji, as he is affectionately known) on the top of the 860mts high Tirumala hills. The temple of Lord Venkateswara is not only believed to be amongst the oldest temples in the country, but also the richest of them all. Legend has it that Lord Venkateswara borrowed money from the divine treasurer Kubera for his wedding expenses. He is still paying back this debt which is why the pilgrims donate generously to the temple funds. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day 06: Tirupati - Chennai
After breakfast, drive to
Chennai. Reach Chennai and later visit Gandhi Memorial, KalaSkhetra, Mylapore temple, Marina beach etc. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.
Day 07: Chennai - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram
Morning leave for Mahabalipuram enroute
Kanchipuram, once the Golden city of India to
visit Shiv Kanchi and Vishnu Kanchi temples.
Continue your drive to Mahabalipuram, arrive & check in at Hotel for overnight stay.
Day 08: Mahabalipuram - Madurai
After breakfast, transfer to
Domestic Airport for flight to Madurai. Reach
madurai and check at hotel. The ancient city of
Madurai, some 2600 years old is laid out in the
banks of river Vaigai as a lotus flower with the
Meenakshi temple in the centre. After lunch city
tour visiting - Meenakshi temple, King Tirumala's
Palace, Great tank and Gandhi museum. Dinner and
overnite at hotel.
Day 09: Madurai - Kanyakumari 
After breakfast, half-day sightseeing of Madurai and
continue to Kanyakumari. Kanyakumari - is the land's
end of India where the water of the Arabian Sea ,
the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean meet. Reach
Kanyakumari and transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day 10: Explore Kanyakumari - Trivendrum
After breakfast, full day
sightseeing of Kanyakumari. The enchanting views of
sunrise and sunset over the waters here, never fails
to mesmerize you. The multicolored sand beaches of
Kanyakumari are one of the interesting attractions
for tourist. later on continue to Trivandrum.
Transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day 11: Trivandrum - Delhi
After late breakfast, transfer to Airport for flight to Delhi After reaching Delhi, transfer to Village BISTRO for Farewell Dinner and later on transfer to Airport and tour terminates. |
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