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Private tour of Madurai city with guide for a cultural immersion

By 5 Senses Walks
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Price is €117 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
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  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Experience cultural immersion in Madurai with its 2500 year old heritage at Meenakshi Temple, architectural marvel of Thirumalai Nayakar Palace, the charm of a Potters village, Gandhi museum and a local bazaar walk with a sip of Jigarthanda, the local cold drink!

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Activity location

  • Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
    • Venmani Rd, Sellur
    • 625002, Madurai, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
    • Venmani Rd, Sellur
    • 625002, Madurai, India

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with pick up and drop
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Private car
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:00
Price details
€117.30 x 1 Adult€117.30
Total
Price is €117.30

What's included, what's not

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    Lunch
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    Private car
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    Entrance charges
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    Guide

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple

  • 2h
We visit the Madurai Meenakshi Temple, one of the largest Temples of the World and an Architectural marvel. Over the last 2500 years Madurai Meenakshi Temple has been the lifeline of the City of Madurai. Madurai Meenakshi Temple has played a crucial role in promoting Tamil Art, Music, Dance & Culture. In fact, Madurai Meenakshi Temple is supposed to have been the host of the third assembly of Tamil Sangam, the ancient Literature Meet. As many as 30000 sculptures can be found in the Madurai Meenakshi Note that the following items are not allowed inside the Meenakshi temple. You can leave these either in the hotel itself or in the car. Mobiles, sharp metallic objects, perfume/sprays and lip sticks.

Thirumalai Nayakar Mahal

  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
We visit the magnificent Thirumala Nayakar Palace. This was build by the Nayak Kings in 1636. The building we see today was the main Palace where the King lived. The original Palace Complex was four times bigger than the present structure and had a royal residence, theatre, shrine, apartments, armoury, palanquin place, royal bandstand, quarters, ponds and gardens. Its architecture inspired a whole genre of Indo-Saracenic style of buildings during British India.

Gandhi Memorial Museum

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Gandhi Museum is located the old palace of Rani Mangammal. The museum brings alive the freedom struggle. The Gandhian movement is well depicted as a picture gallery. Madurai was chosen for this museum as Gandhiji took important decisions during his visits to Madurai. in 1921 he decided to give up his rich dressing pattern when he was visiting Madurai. The doors of Meenakshi Amman temple were thrown open to Harijans in Madurai and the battle against untouchability had a win. Gandhiji visited the temple in 1946 along with the Harijans and that was a defining moment in this struggle.

Vilacheri

  • 45m
Vilachery is a potters village near Madurai. Over 200 families live here and most are into pottery. They make dolls for scores of festivals round the year. The paper mache dolls made here adorn South Indian homes during the 9 day festival of Navratri.

Banana market thair market

  • 30m
We end the Madurai tour with a bazaar walk. Madurai has a famous wholesale market for bananas. We will walk past many different varieties of Bananas. The tour ends with a sip of Jigarthanda , the most famous local cold drink of Madurai!

Location

Activity location

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    Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
    • Venmani Rd, Sellur
    • 625002, Madurai, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
    • Venmani Rd, Sellur
    • 625002, Madurai, India

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