India Golden Triangle Extension Itinerary

Best Indian Travel takes you to Indian Golden Triangle Extension tour. This tour would cover the Golden Triangle of South India, which is famous for its temples, beaches, backwaters, and rich culture. India tour package includes the Golden Triangle tour where we will start our journey from Chennai and go on to Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram well known as temple towns, vast stretch of sandy beach is just enough to add to the dimensions. The India Golden Triangle itinerary covers some of the India travel destinations as under:

Chennai:

India Golden Triangle covers Chennai; the capital of Tamil Nadu, one of the main cities in south India. The population of Chennai is 5.9 million. The thirteen kilometers of marvelous Marina beach that wears a festive look on weekend evenings adds more beauty to the Chennai city. The state secretariat of the St. George Forte in Chennai is a splendid building. The variety of British and French antiques and other commemorations in the museum are popular amongst tourists. The first English church in Chennai, St Mary's Church gives peace to mind and soul. A tour to Chennai would introduce us to some of the important places like, the 8th century Parthasarthi temple of the Pallavas dedicated to Lord Krishna and the Kapaleeswarar Temple of Lord Shiva.

Travel to Chennai

Mahabalipuram:

Mahabalipuram is world famous for its shore temples and it was the second capital of the Pallava kings of Kanchipuram.With India Golden Triangle extension tour you can visit Mahabalipuram .It is situated at a distance of about 58 kilometers from Madras on the Bay of Bengal, this tiny seaside village of Mahabalipuram, is set in a covered landscape. Mahabalipuram was already a center of pilgrimage when, in the 7th century Mamalla made it a seaport and began to make temples fashioned of rock. It was through Mahabalipuram that many Indian colonists, who included sages and artists, migrated to Southeast Asia.

Travel to Mahabalipuram

Kanchipuram:

India Golden Triangle tour takes you to Kanchipuram, situated 76 Kms southwest of Madras. It was successively the former capital of the ancient Pallavas, Cholas, and Vijayanagar Empire. This old city is known as 'the Golden city of 1,000 temples'. It is one of the seven sacred cities of India and is famous for hand-woven silk fabrics. The kings from Pallava and Vijayanagar period built various temples. They also patronized all the arts making Kanchipuram, a great center of learning not only for Hindus but also for Jains and Buddhists. The Tamil religious and literary works flourished during this period. The teachings of Sankaracharya are carried at the Sankaracharya Matt. The Headquarters of the 'Math' is situated at Kanchipuram.

Travel to Kanchipuram