
Bangalore to Dindigul Bus Hire for Temple Groups and Weddings
Top Rated Bus & Car Rental Services

Top Rated Bus & Car Rental Services

Distance
370 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 9 hr
Via Hosur, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal and Karur
Starting from
₹ 39600
3 days, 900 km, 27 seater

29 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC29 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)

30 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC30 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)
32 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC32 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)

33 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC33 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)
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40 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC40 Seats
₹55,126 ₹66,543
+ ₹9743 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Bus A/c 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹59,491 ₹71,828
+ ₹10528 (Taxes & Charges)

49 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC49 Seats
₹49,888 ₹60,200
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)

50 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC50 Seats
₹49,888 ₹60,200
+ ₹8800 (Taxes & Charges)

27 Seater Bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC27 Seats
₹40,858 ₹49,328
+ ₹7228 (Taxes & Charges)

30 seater bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC30 Seats
₹44,350 ₹53,557
+ ₹7857 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Benz Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹63,856 ₹77,114
+ ₹11314 (Taxes & Charges)

Volvo Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹64,000
+ ₹11340 (Taxes & Charges)
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Coach start
The coach sets out at 5 am, since a full bus needs about nine hours of driving to reach Dindigul. Assemble the group somewhere a large vehicle can wait without trouble, a temple ground, a school yard or a broad service road. Luggage travels in the bay under the floor; each traveller keeps water, tablets and a shawl at their seat. Seat older guests near the door. One organiser with the full list takes the roll call at every halt, starting with breakfast at Krishnagiri.

Drive through
The coach pauses at the Hosur crossing for the Tamil Nadu formalities. Depending on its papers, the driver pays the state's road tax or shows an All India Tourist permit, and a camera records the number plate. Passengers stay in their seats. Hosur's centre is jammed with factory traffic, so the coach keeps to the highway and rolls on south. Breakfast at Krishnagiri is roughly an hour ahead, and the group can doze till then.

Coach breakfast
Krishnagiri is the coach breakfast, forty minutes at one of the large highway restaurants with a bus bay and seating for forty. Krishnagiri is known as the mango capital of Tamil Nadu, and in summer its pulp factories work round the clock; a crate of fruit rides safely in the luggage bay. After breakfast the coach starts the longest leg of the day, more than 100 km on NH44 to Salem, including the Thoppur ghat.

Tea
Salem is a twenty minute tea and washroom stop at a hotel on the outskirts with room for a coach to turn. On the way in, the bus descends the Thoppur ghat in a low gear, never overtaking, with every passenger seated, because that slope has a poor accident record. Salem is a large textile city with a steel plant. After tea the coach continues south on NH44 towards Namakkal and Karur.

Optional
Namakkal can take a twenty minute halt for darshan at the towering open air Anjaneyar. Temple lanes are narrow, so the coach parks on the main road and the pilgrims walk a few minutes each way. Namakkal is a transport town where lorry yards line NH44, and it calls itself the Egg City. Lunch is booked at Karur, about 34 km further south across the Kaveri. Anyone who prefers to rest can stay on board with the AC running while the others walk to the temple.

Coach lunch
Karur is the coach lunch, forty five minutes at a meals hotel booked a day in advance, so food for forty is ready. Karur's workshops build bus bodies for operators all over India, and the driver may point out a few half finished coaches. The town is also a big textile centre, and it stays dry most of the year. Dindigul is about 70 km south on NH44, a little over an hour by coach.

Group arrival
The coach reaches Dindigul after about nine hours on the road and drops the group at a hotel or hall where a big bus can turn. The roads out to the villages around Dindigul are narrow, so the driver plans any local trips with care. Dinner is easy to arrange; Dindigul biryani is famous, and plain rice meals with sambar and rasam are served everywhere. Summer is long here, from March to July, so keep water handy.
Moving 30 to 50 people to Dindigul for a wedding, or on to Palani for darshan? For Dindigul, one bus is easier than several vans on 370 km of road. Pick a bus on rent in Bangalore from Tejas Tours & Travels for the Bangalore to Dindigul bus run.
Route | One way | Dindigul and back | Time by bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Dindigul via Salem, Namakkal and Karur | About 370 km | About 740 km | About 9 hr with stops |
Plan on about 740 km for the round trip to Dindigul; with 300 km a day as the minimum, the bus is billed 3 days and 900 km. The rate covers diesel and the driver for Dindigul. The Tamil Nadu permit is billed at actual. The allowance is ₹700 to ₹1,000 a day, bus tolls cost more than car tolls, and parking and GST come at actual. BharatBenz or Volvo if you ask, 400 km a day. Drop only: ₹2 a km more. We run AC and non-AC buses, and the per km rate follows the one you go for.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹44 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | |
₹44 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | |
₹44 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | ₹69,500 | |
₹60 | ₹57,000 | ₹76,000 | ₹95,000 | |
₹60 | ₹57,000 | ₹76,000 | ₹95,000 | |
₹65 | ₹61,500 | ₹82,000 | ₹102,500 | |
₹54 | ₹51,600 | ₹68,800 | ₹86,000 | |
₹54 | ₹51,600 | ₹68,800 | ₹86,000 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹700 to ₹1,000 a night, by size), tolls, parking and GST. Shared by 50, 4 days in the 50 Seater Bus is about ₹1,380 a person.
Thirty people for Dindigul: the 33 seater bus. About 40: 40 seater bus. 45 to 50 for the 370 km: 50 seater bus or the 49 seater bus.
A smaller group? The Bangalore to Dindigul mini bus is cheaper.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Plan on about 370 km each way, around 740 km in total. The coach follows NH44 the whole way, through Hosur, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal and Karur. A full bus needs about nine hours of driving each way, plus breakfast and lunch halts and the border check.
A 50 seater bus on 3 days (900 km) at ₹54/km is ₹48,600. Plus ₹3,000 for the driver, and tolls, permits and GST at actual.
Yes. We quote ₹2 a km over the return rate, counting the empty run back, so the total stays fixed.
The 49 or 50 seater, so a few seats stay free for bags. Compare sizes on bus on rent in Bangalore.
No. The bus parks in Palani town and the group uses the winch, the rope car or the steps to reach the temple.
We do not take a full size bus up the Sirumalai hairpins. The bus stays in Dindigul and a smaller vehicle does that half day.
November to February. Summer from March to July is hot, and the northeast monsoon from October to December brings heavy spells that slow the Thoppur ghat. In January and February the Kottai Mariamman festival crowds the town and hotels fill, so book early for those dates.
Yes. The coach can leave Bangalore late in the evening and roll into Dindigul at first light, about nine hours later, as NH44 is four lane throughout. Reserve rooms that allow an early check in so the group can sleep before the day starts. Our driver rests fully before such a run and handles the Thoppur slope with special care at night.