Pongal Festival In South India - South Indians are known for their love for religion, tradition and culture and ritualistic lifestyle. The colorful celebrations and festivals of South India are known for their characteristic music, classical dance and theatrical performances, a number of interesting rituals, grand processions, decorations and fireworks. Ugadi, the New Year festival of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka has become a day for 'kavi sammelans' or poetry recitals and is considered one of the four most auspicious days in the year to start new ventures. It is believed that Lord Brahma created the world on this day. The festival for the tourists, Deccan Festival of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh is celebrated every year on 25th February. The 5-day long festival showcases the rich culture, arts and crafts of Deccan India along with the Nawabi cuisine and cultural programs such as Ghazals, qawwalis and mushairas Pongal Festival In South India.
Hampi Festival is the lively festival of dance and music that infuses new life in its ruins of stone temples, elephant stables, barracks and palaces of Vijaynagar Empire. The Government of Karnataka organizes it and it features dance, drama, music, fireworks, puppet shows and fabulous processions. Festivals of Kerala show the religious institutions of the state and its processions feature bedecked Indian elephants and beautiful and creative fireworks. Its festivals include harvest festivals, temple festivals of Hindus known as 'Utsavas', the boat races and water carnivals, and festivals held at Christian and Muslim religious places known as 'Perunals' besides the tourism festivals. Vishu is the New Year Eve according to the old traditional Malayalam calendar and the Kani, main dish of the festival, prepared in the temples of Guruvayur, Ambalapuzha and Sabarimala in Kerala is famous.
Festival In South India, Trikartika is the birth of Goddess Bhagvati and Thiruvathira commemorates the death of Kamadevan, the cupid of Hindu mythology featuring performance of Thiruvathirakali or Kaikottikkali. Kerala Boat Festivals and its water carnivals and snake boat races are a must-see. The famous Tamil festivals are Cape festival at Kanyakumari believed to be the wedding anniversaries of the divine couples of Parvati and Parameshwara, Muruga and Devasena, Andal (also known as 'Kothai') and Rangamannar and Rama and Sita and features the procession of Lord Kallazhagar, the elder brother of Goddess Meenakshi from his abode to his sister's wedding. The internationally acclaimed Mamallapuram Dance Festival, the Saral Festival of Courtallam known for its amazing showers where one neither gets wet nor remains dry and the Annual Tea and Tourism Festival of Ooty. Join the entertainment and become a part of the joyous celebrations of festivals of South India.
South India Pongal Festival Tour Packages
Duration: 6 Nights / 7 Days
Places Covered: Chennai - Mahabalipuram - Tanjore - Tirchy - Madurai - Chennai
Day 1: Chennai
Pongal Festival Tour Packages, Arrive Madras by international flight. Assistance on arrival and transfer to the hotel. Afternoon sightseeing tour. Madras, the capital city, popularly regarded as the 'Gateway to the South' represents a culture that is distinctly different from that of northern India.
Day 2: Chennai - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram
Festival In South India, Morning drive to Kanchipuram. Kanchipuram, 70 kms west of Mahabalipuram, this city of thousand temples lies. One of the seven sacred cities of Hindus, it was the capital of the early Cholas as far back as the 2nd century BC. Kanchi was a major seat of Tamil learning as well as an important place of pilgrimage for Buddhists, Jains and Hindus.
Overnight at the hotel in Covelong.
Day 3: Mahabalipuram - Tanjore
An early departure for Tanjore visiting enroute Pondicherry.
Pondicherry - Although the French influence is gradually fading, Pondicherry retains a few Gallic accents. Pondicherry's main sights are the Rai Nivas, the Sacred Heart Church and the Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
Day 4: Tanjore - Trichy
Morning sightseeing tour of Tanjore. Tanjore - The home of Carnatic music, musical instruments, dance and traditional hadicrafts, Tanjore (Thanjavur) is famous for the Brahadeeswarar Temple. The temple constructed more than a thousand years ago by the Chola King Raja Rajan is an architect's marvel.
Day 5: Trichy - Madurai
Pongal Festival Tour Packages, Morning visit Rock Fort Temple. The Rock Fort situated on the banks of the Kaveri river, Trichy's most famed land mark is an 84 m high rock, one of the oldest in the world aprox.3,800 million years. The attraction is not for fort itself but the temple at the summit. 344 steps hewn out of rock lead to the top where are the inscriptions dating back to the 3rd century B.C.
Later drive to Madurai and on arrival, check-in at the hotel. Overnight stay.
Day 6: Madurai - Chennai
South India Festival Tour , Morning sightseeing tour of Madurai Madurai, known as Athens of the East, it is the second largest city on the banks of the River Vigai. The city believed to be more than 2500 yeras old. The city got its name from the drops of nectar (Mathuram) that fell from Shiva's locs when he came to bless its people for constructing a temple for him. Madurai where the people wake up at the chant of hymns is proud of magnificent 'The Meenakshi-Sundareswara Temple.
Day 7: Madurai - Chennai
Transfer to the airport for flight to Madras.
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