south india🇮🇳India · Tamil Nadu & Karnataka· 10 Days · 9 Nights

South India Temple Trail

Dravidian temple architecture from Chennai to Madurai — 10 days of towering gopurams.

Chennai · Mahabalipuram · Pondicherry · Tanjore · MaduraiMax 14Moderate

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$1,145 USD / person · twin share

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Overview

About this journey

Tamil Nadu hosts the most extraordinary Dravidian temple architecture on earth — multi-storey gopurams (gateway towers) covered in thousands of painted sculptures. Visit Mahabalipuram, Tanjore (Brihadeeswarar), Madurai (Meenakshi Amman), Rameshwaram, and Karnataka's Hampi.

Experience

Tour highlights

Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tanjore (UNESCO Chola masterpiece, 1010 CE)

Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai (14 gopurams, 33,000 sculptures)

Mahabalipuram shore temples

Rameshwaram corridors (4,000 carved pillars)

Hampi UNESCO ruins