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Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple
The car drops you near the temple. Carry a mundu for men.
Punnathur Kotta
The temple elephant yard, about 3 km away by car.
Mammiyoor Mahadeva Temple
Near the main temple. A short visit on foot after darshan.
Chavakkad Beach
About 5 km away. A short evening drive to the sea.
Distance
500 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 9 hr
Via Krishnagiri, Coimbatore and Thrissur
Starting from
₹ 14400
4 days, 1,200 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹14,318 ₹17,264
+ ₹2514 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹16,646 ₹20,083
+ ₹2933 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹21,352 ₹25,771
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹21,352 ₹25,771
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,680 ₹28,590
+ ₹4190 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹30,664 ₹37,048
+ ₹5448 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Commuter
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹78,800
+ ₹14040 (Taxes & Charges)
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Toyota Corolla Altis
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹24,300
+ ₹4320 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Camry
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹60,500
+ ₹10800 (Taxes & Charges)
Audi A6
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹84,600
+ ₹15120 (Taxes & Charges)
Audi Q7
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,92,800
+ ₹34560 (Taxes & Charges)
BMW 5 Series
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹84,600
+ ₹15120 (Taxes & Charges)
BMW 7 Series
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,80,800
+ ₹32400 (Taxes & Charges)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,92,800
+ ₹34560 (Taxes & Charges)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹1,68,600
+ ₹30240 (Taxes & Charges)
Rolls-Royce Ghost
LUXURYAC4 Seats
₹7,21,000
+ ₹129600 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Fortuner
LUXURYAC5 Seats
₹60,500
+ ₹10800 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
95 km
200 km
265 km
370 km
415 km
470 km
500 km
Pickup at your door
For a darshan trip to Guruvayur the cab collects you at 5:30 am, a little later than our vans, since a car gets clear of Bangalore quickly. Devotees living in JP Nagar, Banashankari or Electronic City can come onto Hosur Road by NICE Road and skip the middle of the city. The Attibele toll, roughly 32 km out, marks the Tamil Nadu border. Pack the white dhoti or the sari for the temple in a separate bag, so it stays fresh for tomorrow's darshan.
Coffee
At about 95 km Krishnagiri offers an optional ten minute pause for coffee and the restroom. Devotees sometimes stop at the Kattuveera Anjaneya temple, a Hanuman shrine the district lists for visitors, though most save it for the drive home. Arcot makkan peda, a soft milk sweet, is the local thing to buy. Here NH48 branches off to Chennai and NH77 to Tiruvannamalai; the car keeps to NH44. Breakfast is planned at Salem, roughly an hour and a half on.
Breakfast
Breakfast takes twenty minutes on the Salem bypass, 200 km from home, near the fork where NH544 leaves for Coimbatore and Kerala. Hotels here serve idli, pongal and dosa quickly, and one thattu vadai set, Salem's own street snack, is worth sharing. Salem silk and Salem fabric carry GI tags, a thought for a wedding purchase on the way back. After breakfast the car turns west, and the next town of note is Erode, about 65 km on.
Drive on
Erode, at 265 km, sits on the Kaveri, and NH544 bypasses the city, so the car drives straight on. The town is one of the biggest turmeric markets in the state, and bags of turmeric are cheap here if you stop on the return. About 12 km away, at Bhavani, the Sangameswarar temple stands where the Kaveri and Bhavani rivers meet, a darshan some pilgrims add on the way home. Coimbatore and lunch are roughly an hour and a half ahead.
Lunch
Lunch is half an hour at a hotel on the Coimbatore bypass, 370 km out. Pure vegetarian meals on a banana leaf are easy to find, which suits a pilgrimage. The car keeps to the 28 km bypass from Neelambur to Madukkarai and never enters the city. Marudamalai temple, about 15 km northwest of Coimbatore, is a Murugan shrine some families combine with Guruvayur on the return. The Kerala border at Walayar is roughly 30 km ahead.
Entry tax
At Walayar, before Palakkad, the driver spends about five minutes at the motor vehicle counter with the Kerala permit papers; the family stays in the car. Kerala has changed its tax rule for cars from other states more than once, and we check it before the trip. Palakkad, at 415 km, has its own pilgrim stop, Kalpathy, an old agraharam whose Viswanatha Swamy temple is called Dakshina Kashi. Thrissur is about 55 km on.
Optional halt
Thrissur, 470 km out, offers an optional half hour halt. Many devotees visit the Vadakkumnathan Shiva temple in the city centre before Guruvayur; it opens 4 am to 11 am and again 5 pm to 8:30 pm, so an evening arrival fits the second window. If you skip it, tea and a restroom break are enough. Guruvayur is only about 26 to 27 km northwest of here, roughly forty minutes by car.
Lodge drop
The cab reaches Guruvayur about 9 hours after pickup and drops you at the lodge; the driver stays for the return. Meals around the temple are vegetarian, and the temple prasadam is the food most families want. The dress code is strict: men in a plain white or cream dhoti with no shirt, women in a sari, skirt and blouse, or churidar. Vrishchika Ekadashi brings the biggest crowds of the temple year. Kochi is about 86 km away.
Going to Guruvayur with your family of four to seven? Here is how a Bangalore to Guruvayur Cab trip goes, with stops, timing and car rates. A cab gets you there in about nine hours of driving, and waits for darshan and the drive back. Book cab rental in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Guruvayur and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Guruvayur via Krishnagiri, Coimbatore and Thrissur | About 500 km | About 1,000 km | About 9 hr with stops |
Guruvayur is about 500 km away, about 1000 km for the trip. It is billed as 4 days, 1200 km at our 300 km a day minimum. Tolls, entry tax, parking and GST are extra. Car rates per km include fuel, driver and AC, and a daily allowance for the driver goes on the bill.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹15,800 | ₹19,750 | ₹23,700 | |
₹14 | ₹18,200 | ₹22,750 | ₹27,300 | |
₹18 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | ₹34,800 | |
₹20 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 | ₹38,400 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹350 to ₹400 a night, by size), tolls, parking and GST. Shared by 7, 5 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹4,570 a person.
Up to 4: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7: Innova or Innova Crysta. 8 or more: a 9 seater tempo traveller.
Eight or more? Take the Bangalore to Guruvayur tempo traveller. For a softer ride with elders, see the Bangalore to Guruvayur Urbania.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
So nice that the service we have received from Tejas travellers. Ms Revati is very good coordinator and so polite and have much patience. Thank you so much for making our journey nice and beautiful with sending experienced drivers.🙂
rahul
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Very good and clean vehicle provided for family trip for two days. Driver was professional and polite. Excellent service
Mas S
6/3/2026 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Booked cab from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
About 500 km one way through Krishnagiri, Salem, Erode, Coimbatore, Palakkad and Thrissur, so about 1,000 km for the round trip. A cab takes about 9 hours with breakfast, lunch and short halts. The road is NH44 to Salem and NH544 to Thrissur, then a short state road to Guruvayur.
For 1200 km: Dzire ₹14,400, Etios ₹16,800, Innova ₹21,600, Crysta ₹24,000. Driver allowance, tolls, entry tax and GST are extra.
Yes, it is on the way.
Innova Crysta. All cars are on cab rental in Bangalore.
Yes. One way is ₹2 more per km.
Yes. The car stays with you for the whole trip.
On Vrishchika Ekadashi, the special Ekadashi of the Guruvayur temple year, and on festival and holiday weekends. On those days the queues are very long, lodges fill early and parking near the temple is hard. If you want a quieter darshan, travel on weekdays and book your lodge well ahead for any festival date.
Yes. The drive is about 9 hours with breaks every one to two hours, and the middle row of an Innova Crysta is easy to climb into. Many families halt at Thrissur for the night and reach Guruvayur fresh in the morning. Keep medicines and a shawl in a hand bag, and plan the darshan queue around their rest.
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