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hosur - krishnagiri - salem - coimbatore - palakkad - thrissur - guruvayoor - chottanikara - sabarimala - palani - dindigul - salem - hosur

Addind few places to my Shabarimalai Temple

Hi Friends,

Adding to my Shabarimalai trip, we have also planned to visit Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram,Tiruchandur and Madurai. Now we are only group of four will be visiting the below mentioned places -

Starting on 24th Monday at 8PM from Hosur-Guruvayur -chottanikara-Shabarimalai-Kanyakumari (need to reach Kanyakumari by 26th evening to watch Sunset and 27th sunrise) - Rameshawaram - Tiruchandur - Madurai - Palani - Hosur

Thats the plan currently decided, Now friends please help me with the Route details, I want to know which place comes first so that Iam saving on time and fuel. I need to come back to hosur on 29th Evening.
Iam not sure if we can cover all Eight places in four days ????

I suggest you take this route..

Hosur - Krishnagiri - Dharmapuri - Toppur - Mettur - Bhavani - Avinashi - Coimbatore - Palakkad - Ottapalam - Shoranur - Kunnamkulam - Guruvayoor - Trissur - Ernakulam / Cochin - Chottanikara - Tripunitura - Muvattupuzha - Kottayam - Kanjirapalli / Chengannur - SabariMala.

Normally ,the sabarimala visitors(from TN especiallY) only knows about guruvayoor ,cochin and chottanikkara.and then follow south towards piravom-koothattukulam-pala-erumely-sabarimala.

Those from KA ,AP and all covers directly from coimbatore-palakkad-thrissur bypass-angamaly-muvattupuzha-kottayam-erumely-pampa as they are not knowing the proper route ,wasting precious oil.

Then locals covers through this route :Thrissur bypass-angamaly-muvattupuzha-thodupuzha-erattupettah-erumely-pampa.
Out of which ,the last route is the shortest and AFAIK ,saves around 60kms alone.
The roads upto Thodupuzha is very good.then from Thodupuzha to Erattupettah is hilly ,but good.after pettah ,it is the same route as is from other routes ,but is a shortcut.

If you reach Ernakulam-Chottanikkara too ,you can follow the above route.muvattupuzha is around 30kms away from chottanikkara.

For Palani ,there is alternate route via Kothamangalam-Munnar-Udumala exists.but you know - it is NH49 ,a Hilly route - atleast in parts after adimaly to Munnar.

Similarly ,from Thodupuzha ,the High-range starts.there is a very good road(SH) to Idukki ,Kattappana ,Kambam ,Theni to follow if you need to go that route.the problem again is ghat sessions.

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