Trip to Puducherry
12/21/2019-12/23/2019
Travellers: 4 members ( 2adults, 2 kids)
Travel mode. Saavari Travels
Stayed in Puducherry: Hotel annamalai international( 4k per night, for 4 persons).
Took the route Banglore->Hosur->Krishnagiri->Ambur->Vellore->Vandavasi->Tindivanam->Puducherry. This route is around ~375kms from Bangalore.
The shortest distance is through Krishnagiri->Tiruvanammalai route. Road is bad for around ~50kms. Please avoid this route. Another short route is through hoskote->mulbagal->Vellore. But, here you have pay permit for 3 states, whereas in the other 2 routes, permit is paid for TN and PY.Permit charges are ~400 for each state.
Day 1 (12/21).
We started from Bangalore (Trinity) @ 5:00 AM. Waited for around 20 mins to get the TN permit (somewhere near hosur) Reached krishnagiri @ around 7:15 AM. Before reaching krishnagiri there were 2 tolls. Both were congested. Approx 1km traffic jam. Perhaps it is long weekend or usually during weekends, its crowded.
There are good restaurants in Krishnagiri. A2b, murugan idli shop etc. Both were crowded haevily and in murgan idli shop there were big queues . So we avoided and continued our journey. We stopped ~60kms from Krishnagiri and had our breakfast there. We reached puducherry @ 1:00 PM and we had wait for 20 mins to get the permit.Reached hotel 1:30 PM and had the lunch in same hotel. Hotel and restaurant were good.Took rest for 2 hours and started towards Paradise beach @ 4:00 PM. Google maps says its paradise beach, but this is an extension of paradise beach, which is called as Eden beach(chinna verpatinam beach). Beach is very neat and clean. Spent 1 hour there and we started towards Rock beach or Pondicherry beach. You can't actually get in to the beach. Just watch the scenery, because the shore is full of small rocks. So, stand in rock and enjoy the beach.
Back to hotel @ 7:00 PM and we went for dinner outside to a small hotel called Idli junction.Food is very good and very cheap.
Day 2 (12/22):
Next day morning we had breakfast @ Idli junction again. Food was good. We used the same savaari cab for all the travel within and outside pondicherry.
@9:00 AM . We started towards Auroville . Its round ~ 8kms from where we stayed. It is good to reach auroville. As we reached , there were very little vehicles parked. We went to matrimandir. Entry is free. From the entrance to the viewing point of matri mandir , we have to walk . ~ 10-15 mins walk, surrounded by nature. Climate was good at that time. Entry is free. You can take photogaphs of matri mandir and while coming back , they had buses. Usually old people and persoms who have kids accompanied are allowed inside the bus.
There is a shop near the entrance. Mostly handicrafts. Very expensive.
We left from there @ 11:00 AM and we went to Sunday market . It's in mg road.
Sunday market is a good place to shop . Items were very cheap. From grocerries to electronic items can be shopped.It was too hot to shop during afternoon.
After this we went to thalapakatti biriyani. Food was good and bit expensive.
Since it was hot in the afternoon, we went back to hotel, took rest and again started @ 3:30 PM towards the chunnambar boat house. Very crowded. They will actually use boat to reach paradise beach. 300 per person. Since it is too crowded we did not go. So, now we started towards Pondicherry art and craft village. Hand made items can be found there. from pots to garments. Worth spending some time if you like to shop some hand made items. There is also mangrove boating avaialble there.
After that, we went to botanical garden . Don't compare this with OOTY botanical garden. Except a big tree, there is nothing there. There is an aquarium insdie the garden. Not worth. A lotus pond with few lotus leaf's . Don't recommend this place.
Then we went to puducherry museum . Very small but Good place to visit.
Then we went back to the hotel @ 7:30 PM and finished dinner from idli junction.
12/23:
We checked out from hotel @ 9:30 AM and went to Manakula Vinayagar temple. Good temple. It's in the very heart of the city. lot of vinayaga poses can be seen there. Lotus flower is given for archane.
Next to the that we went to Sri aurobindo ashram( very small) which is 100 m from the manakula temple . Peaceful atmosphere. There is a library as well only releated to Aurobindo. IF you have kids, avoid this place , as they expect the atomosphere to be very silent. There is aurobindo samadhi inside the premises.
We left puducherry @ 10:30 AM and wanted to visit Golden temple , Vellore. So , we took a different route. Dindivanam--Gingee-Vellore. Road is good.
Reached Golden temple @ around 1:30 PM (~150 kms from puducherry). Good temple. We did not stand in the queue. We just saw the place from outside. Since it is sabarimala season it is too crowded. Annadanam is also there.
After ~30-40 kms in Vellore highway we had lunch in Hotel Aryaas. food is good.
We took mulbagal- hoskote route to bangalore . Road is good, except some patchy strech . Avoid this route during night journeys. Looks very risky. No permit while coming back to bangalore in andhra border. We reached home @ 6:30 PM.
Do''s and Don'ts
1) Weekened crowded in toll plaxe. Fast tag may solve this.
2) Not all kids may enjoy the travel. Drink lot of water.
3) Don't do shooping in afternoon (hot).
Travellers: 4 members ( 2adults, 2 kids)
Travel mode. Saavari Travels
Stayed in Puducherry: Hotel annamalai international( 4k per night, for 4 persons).
Took the route Banglore->Hosur->Krishnagiri->Ambur->Vellore->Vandavasi->Tindivanam->Puducherry. This route is around ~375kms from Bangalore.
The shortest distance is through Krishnagiri->Tiruvanammalai route. Road is bad for around ~50kms. Please avoid this route. Another short route is through hoskote->mulbagal->Vellore. But, here you have pay permit for 3 states, whereas in the other 2 routes, permit is paid for TN and PY.Permit charges are ~400 for each state.
Day 1 (12/21).
We started from Bangalore (Trinity) @ 5:00 AM. Waited for around 20 mins to get the TN permit (somewhere near hosur) Reached krishnagiri @ around 7:15 AM. Before reaching krishnagiri there were 2 tolls. Both were congested. Approx 1km traffic jam. Perhaps it is long weekend or usually during weekends, its crowded.
There are good restaurants in Krishnagiri. A2b, murugan idli shop etc. Both were crowded haevily and in murgan idli shop there were big queues . So we avoided and continued our journey. We stopped ~60kms from Krishnagiri and had our breakfast there. We reached puducherry @ 1:00 PM and we had wait for 20 mins to get the permit.Reached hotel 1:30 PM and had the lunch in same hotel. Hotel and restaurant were good.Took rest for 2 hours and started towards Paradise beach @ 4:00 PM. Google maps says its paradise beach, but this is an extension of paradise beach, which is called as Eden beach(chinna verpatinam beach). Beach is very neat and clean. Spent 1 hour there and we started towards Rock beach or Pondicherry beach. You can't actually get in to the beach. Just watch the scenery, because the shore is full of small rocks. So, stand in rock and enjoy the beach.
Back to hotel @ 7:00 PM and we went for dinner outside to a small hotel called Idli junction.Food is very good and very cheap.
Day 2 (12/22):
Next day morning we had breakfast @ Idli junction again. Food was good. We used the same savaari cab for all the travel within and outside pondicherry.
@9:00 AM . We started towards Auroville . Its round ~ 8kms from where we stayed. It is good to reach auroville. As we reached , there were very little vehicles parked. We went to matrimandir. Entry is free. From the entrance to the viewing point of matri mandir , we have to walk . ~ 10-15 mins walk, surrounded by nature. Climate was good at that time. Entry is free. You can take photogaphs of matri mandir and while coming back , they had buses. Usually old people and persoms who have kids accompanied are allowed inside the bus.
There is a shop near the entrance. Mostly handicrafts. Very expensive.
We left from there @ 11:00 AM and we went to Sunday market . It's in mg road.
Sunday market is a good place to shop . Items were very cheap. From grocerries to electronic items can be shopped.It was too hot to shop during afternoon.
After this we went to thalapakatti biriyani. Food was good and bit expensive.
Since it was hot in the afternoon, we went back to hotel, took rest and again started @ 3:30 PM towards the chunnambar boat house. Very crowded. They will actually use boat to reach paradise beach. 300 per person. Since it is too crowded we did not go. So, now we started towards Pondicherry art and craft village. Hand made items can be found there. from pots to garments. Worth spending some time if you like to shop some hand made items. There is also mangrove boating avaialble there.
After that, we went to botanical garden . Don't compare this with OOTY botanical garden. Except a big tree, there is nothing there. There is an aquarium insdie the garden. Not worth. A lotus pond with few lotus leaf's . Don't recommend this place.
Then we went to puducherry museum . Very small but Good place to visit.
Then we went back to the hotel @ 7:30 PM and finished dinner from idli junction.
12/23:
We checked out from hotel @ 9:30 AM and went to Manakula Vinayagar temple. Good temple. It's in the very heart of the city. lot of vinayaga poses can be seen there. Lotus flower is given for archane.
Next to the that we went to Sri aurobindo ashram( very small) which is 100 m from the manakula temple . Peaceful atmosphere. There is a library as well only releated to Aurobindo. IF you have kids, avoid this place , as they expect the atomosphere to be very silent. There is aurobindo samadhi inside the premises.
We left puducherry @ 10:30 AM and wanted to visit Golden temple , Vellore. So , we took a different route. Dindivanam--Gingee-Vellore. Road is good.
Reached Golden temple @ around 1:30 PM (~150 kms from puducherry). Good temple. We did not stand in the queue. We just saw the place from outside. Since it is sabarimala season it is too crowded. Annadanam is also there.
After ~30-40 kms in Vellore highway we had lunch in Hotel Aryaas. food is good.
We took mulbagal- hoskote route to bangalore . Road is good, except some patchy strech . Avoid this route during night journeys. Looks very risky. No permit while coming back to bangalore in andhra border. We reached home @ 6:30 PM.
Do''s and Don'ts
1) Weekened crowded in toll plaxe. Fast tag may solve this.
2) Not all kids may enjoy the travel. Drink lot of water.
3) Don't do shooping in afternoon (hot).
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