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Chettinad: food and mansions
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Chettinad: food and mansions

செட்டிநாடு: உணவும் மாளிகைகளும்

Keeladi's Sangam-age dig, two nights in a Chettinad mansion, a cooking class, mansion streets and the forts of Pudukkottai.

Duration
3 days · 2 nights
Start → end
Madurai → Tiruchirappalli
Pace
Easy pace
Best season
October to March
Chettinad, the home of the Nagarathar merchant community, is known for its vast courtyard mansions and one of India's great regional cuisines. On the way from Madurai, stop at Keeladi, where excavations by the state archaeology department have uncovered a Sangam-age town, and its museum. Then spend two nights in a restored mansion near Karaikudi: a morning in a home kitchen learning Chettinad spice blends, an afternoon among the mansions of Kanadukathan, and a guided walk through the lanes before heading north past the hill fort of Thirumayam and the painted Jain cave of Sittanavasal to Tiruchirappalli.

நாள்வாரியாக

Day by day

About 205 km of travel in all

  1. Day 1

    Keeladi, then into Chettinad

    ☾ Overnight: Karaikudi

  2. Day 2

    A Chettinad kitchen and Kanadukathan

    ☾ Overnight: Karaikudi

  3. Day 3

    Mansion lanes and the Pudukkottai forts

    • Experience · 08:00

      Chettinad Mansions Heritage Walk

      Karaikudi

      ₹1,800 per person

    • Karaikudi → Thirumayam · ~22 km · ~30 min by road

    • Visit · 13:00

      Thirumayam Fort

      Thirumayam

      entry ₹10

    • Thirumayam → Sittanavasal · ~30 km · ~45 min by road

    • Visit

      Sittanavasal Cave

      Sittanavasal

      entry ₹25

    • Sittanavasal → Tiruchirappalli · ~60 km · ~1 h 30 min by road

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Map of stops

Approximate positions; the dotted line follows the order of the stops, not the roads.

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