Monday, December 30, 2013

Velankanni Church - Nagapattinam

Velankanni Town:
          This small town is in the Nagapattinam district which is about 350 km from Chennai.


Thiruvanaikaval - Trichy

Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
          This city is about 320 km from Chennai and its geographically located at the centre of Tamil Nadu.
Thiruvanaikaval temple is possibly built more than 1800 years ago.

Roadways:
          It's about 5 hour drive(4 line Toll road) from Chennai.
There are innumerable buses from Chennai possibly one in 10 minutes.

Railways:
          It's about 6 hours from Chennai.
There are more than 4 trains everyday running between Chennai and India.

Airways:
           It's about 50 minutes from Chennai.







Sunday, December 29, 2013

Srirangam Temple - Trichy

Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
          This city is about 320 km from Chennai and its geographically located at the centre of Tamil Nadu.
Srirangam temple is possibly the largest functioning Hindu temple as per most websites.

Roadways:
          It's about 5 hour drive(4 line Toll road) from Chennai.
There are innumerable buses from Chennai possibly one in 10 minutes.

Railways:
          It's about 6 hours from Chennai.
There are more than 4 trains everyday running between Chennai and India.

Airways:
           It's about 50 minutes from Chennai.










Brihadeeswarar Temple - Tanjore (Possibly built more than 1000 years)

Tanjore ( Thanjavur )
     This city is located in central Tamil Nadu at about 315 km from Chennai.

Roadways:
It takes approximately about 7 hours drive from Chennai depending on the route you take.
Easy to drive option: Approximately 5 hours drive to Trichy (4 line Toll road) and 45 minutes drive from Trichy to Tanjore (4 line Toll road).

There are innumerable buses available to travel from Chennai to Tanjore.

Railways:
There is a train running every night from Chennai to Kumbakonam via Tanjore called Rockfort express departing every night at 10pm. There might be other trains too.

Airways:
Takes about 50 minutes from Chennai by flight to Trichy and then about 45 minutes drive to Tanjore from Trichy airport.

















If interested more please refer to Wikipedia page.