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Trip to Velankanni from Bangalore Thanks for the information and your travel experience.We are planning to leave for Velankanni next week and we don't think the travel will burden to us as we are hiring a Tamil Nadu driver with us.
Ooty Hotels Ooty hotels will book u a train ticket from meetupalayam to ooty.so that tourist can enjoy the beauty of the ooty. There are so many possibilites to see some wild animals. while going in train u can experience the natural beauty of the ooty.
Thank god,I am relieved after going through the comments & the suggestions.
Even we have been planning for trip by train or bus & opted to travel by car.
shall come back after the trip this week end.
Public Bus and Train Service I get lot of questions Bus and Train Service to Velamkanni. These are some info I have.
1) Mysore - Mayladuthurai Express Goes via Bangalore - Trichy - Tanjore. It runs daily and you can get down at Trichy or Tanjore. From there you connect a train to Nagore which is very near to Velamkanni. Or Take Bus / taxi from Tanjore / Trichy
2) Private Buses like SPS / KPN runs daily services to Velamkanni. You can find their offices in Hosur Road in Madivala.
Nice article. It happened to me also many a times, and trust me, most of these bus drivers always try to take advantage of strangers to this state. I am not an Indian nor a north Indian nor a north east Indian but just because i share my chinky eyes with these north Indians, i am always looked down by these bus conductors, and some times, by locals at restaurant or malls. I don't know why these people treat north eastern people so bad, and always look down. I feel so sorry to these north east Indian people, and really, these people are supposed to be part of India, constitutionally but in fact, socially, they are not. They are just victims of this great Barat 'India'.
My experiences I undertook the journey from Bangalore to vellankani by my trusted Santro alongwith my family.I decided to undertake the 550 km long journey in two days as I have a principle of not driving by night. Routing B'lore-Hosur-upto Karur (NH-7). Took diversion towards Trichy. Then followed Trichy-Thanjavur-Thiruvarur-Nagapattinam-Vellankani. Actuallu after Thanjavur, you will find boards indicating directions for Vellankani.The NH-7 is any drivers delight. Karur-Trichy is a newly constructed road in good condition. Trichy-Thanjavur is routed via villages, so be careful. This road does not have any bothering holes, although there are a few potholes.Thanjavur-Nagapattinam is a narrow road with potholes interspersed.Point to keep in mind is along the NH-7, there is hardly any descent restaurants for families, infact none. Plan refuelling between Trichy and Vellankani (Prices are comparatively lesser). Nagapattinam-Vellankani road is excellent (New Road). The route from Karur to trichy is approx 80 km, but it takes two hrs plus. The routing is Karur-Palleyem-Thogomalai-Trichy. I planned night halts at Trichy (onward) and Salem (Return). The driving time during the entire journey was 14 hrs with comfortable driving speed and regular halts of 10 min interspersed. So, all those driving enthusiasts can safely take the plunge. All the best!
Good Initiation to write this Blog Very good informative blog and very well narrated.
Can you suggest, how we can reach Velankkani from bangalore by train/bus.., atleast to the nearest area, so that from there we can arrange our own transportation.
GOOD INFORMATION HAI .,
THIS IS INFORMATION IS VERY WORTH TO WRITE UP , AS MANY ARE PLANNING TO GO VELAKANNI FROM BLORE, THIS GIVES US ALL WE NEED, THANKS THANKS THANKS FOR UR INFO
TO TO VALANKANNI SHRINE FROM BANGLORE Hi iam George from Pakistan, Karachi, first time i visited Valankanni church with my mother in 1978, from pakistan by plane we reached Bomnbay, we were new in india bombay, from Bombay to madras we got the train it is very difficult to travel without booking the ticket
my mother and i travelled by train from bombay to madras from Madras we catch the Bus for Nagapattnum this was my first experience in plane, train and bus, we catch bus from madras bus stand and in afternoon we reached to Valankanni Shrine this is my first time we saw a big church near the sea side we stayed in church premises for 1 week. after 1 week the time come becoz we have to leave the really i was crying that when i was living the church. After i got married i always talk about Valankanni chruch with my wife and I promise her that one day i will take u to our Lady of Valankanni Church so i and my cousin decided to visit our Lady of Valankanni Church, so we applied to visa and we got the visa soon after that we book the ticket by train Karachi to Munabao, Munabo to Judpur, from there we catch the train for banglore but mistaken we catch the wrong bus which took us to Nasik, from nasik again we rebound to bombay station, from bombay station we got the bus for banglore on 3rd day we all reached banglore we got fresh and my cousins house.
after two days we book the bus ticket to visit Valankanni Church, in night we got the bus and next day at 11 am we reached the valankanni shrine, their offered prayer we light the coconut offerings. Second time i reach Valankanni church very easily because i got the idea.
Trip to Velankanni From Bangalore We were planning a Trip to Velankanni Church & Pondy Church, so what to do we planned to take a train to Trichy from Bangalore we took the night train a holiday special train from Bangalore - Trichy we left Bangalore at 10.30 PM and reached Trichy by 8 am in the mooning, we had arranged for a Tempo Traveler from Trichy through a travel agent from Bangalore, we were 9 of us and felling hungry, So the Driver took us to a good veg hotel and we had Good south Indian Break Fast.
And we further proceeded to Pondy Mada Church which is about 45 minutes drive from Trichy the Van Driver took a short route to Pondy Church, We reached Pondy Mada Church its a wonderful Church very well planned landscape and with good parking facility. A wonderful Church a must visit place on the way to Velankannni a calm & serene place
we attended Mass and spent some time in the Church in prayer.
we further proceeded towards Velankanni from Pondy Church it took us about 3.5 hrs to reach Velankanni we reached by 4.00 Pm and we stayed in Golden Sands Hotel which has quit a good place to stay with good space to parking space for our Tempo Traveler, it can accommodate good no of cars and vans as we were 9 of us we planned to take 2 suite rooms costing us around 2600 + for each and it was spacious enough to accommodate 9 of us, The room has a Hall and a bed room also a Restaurant attached stay is ok only the Restaurant has bad food not good enough we had chapattis & Fish fry for dinner which was really bad the chapattis were very hard to chew & Fish fry was very hot and spicy, There are other hotels like, Bethesda Inn MGM ,Picnic Hotel ,
Sea Gate Hotel, and also the Church Rooms to stay which is very Economical but to go in a queue to book rooms
Our Lady of Velankaani Church is impressive and we really feel a real Peace and Joy within us when we enter the Old Church really feel Great in the presence of Mary our Mother and get a calm and inner healing with us
As all of us know our Lady of Velankaani is a Mother of Miracles and she answers all our Prayers and Favors
Shopping inside the Church owned shops is Economical and Religious articles like Roselies , Pictures, Candles, Etc.. are price lesser than the other Private shops around the church, So please Buy only in the shops of the Church.
The Beach is located very near to the Church a nice beach but totally crowed you get a lot of eateries near the beach.
We had attended Mass in the Old Shire little away from the main Church were we also get a lot of inner Joy & Happiness by seeing Mary our Mothers Stature where she appeared the Brahmin Boy who was healed by our mother the place also has the holy water well which is closed now can be viewed from the top of the well.
The Place is Wonderful to Visit and most important to Receive Blessing of our Mother.
We left Velankanni by noon around 1.PM and had lunch in nagapatanam a very good Chettnad Hotel really good food both Veg & Non Veg it was crowed with most of them going towards Veilankanni Good Chicken & Fish dishes
We reached Trichy by 5.PM had to take a Train back to Bangalore.
We reached Bangalore at 5.AM and reached our home by 5.30
The Trip was a memorial one that I cannot forget having a Family Trip after a long time .
Best Regards,
Albert Louis Raja,
Bangalore
you have stated in a very wrong way. the narrative sounds as if all north indians are like that. you rphrase, 'new era private company migrant" shows your feelings. its true the lady misbehaved but i have seen biased south indians misbehaving with north indians too. i myself had a big prob;lem because of language. ur tourism money, the rent and fares we pay go in your governments pocket. so we are not that bad.
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Tourist places in bangalore.
Bangalore is one of the fastest developing metropolitan city in India. This city is loaded with number of tourist destination and luxurious amenities to facilitate the foreign travelers. Here are some important places to visit in Bangalore when travelling.