
Bangalore to Karur Bus Hire for Weddings and Temple Groups
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Distance
280 km
From Bangalore
Time
About 7 hr
Via Krishnagiri, Salem and Namakkal
Starting from
₹ 26400
2 days, 600 km, 27 seater

29 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC29 Seats
₹27,472 ₹33,119
+ ₹4819 (Taxes & Charges)

30 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC30 Seats
₹27,472 ₹33,119
+ ₹4819 (Taxes & Charges)
32 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC32 Seats
₹27,472 ₹33,119
+ ₹4819 (Taxes & Charges)

33 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
NORMALAC33 Seats
₹27,472 ₹33,119
+ ₹4819 (Taxes & Charges)
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40 Seater Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC40 Seats
₹37,084 ₹44,695
+ ₹6495 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Bus A/c 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹39,994 ₹48,219
+ ₹7019 (Taxes & Charges)

49 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC49 Seats
₹33,592 ₹40,467
+ ₹5867 (Taxes & Charges)

50 Seater Bus A/C 2/3
NORMALAC50 Seats
₹33,592 ₹40,467
+ ₹5867 (Taxes & Charges)

27 Seater Bus A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC27 Seats
₹27,472 ₹33,119
+ ₹4819 (Taxes & Charges)

30 seater bus A/C Executive 2/2
LUXURYAC30 Seats
₹29,800 ₹35,938
+ ₹5238 (Taxes & Charges)

45 Seater Benz Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹42,904 ₹51,743
+ ₹7543 (Taxes & Charges)

Volvo Bus A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC45 Seats
₹43,000
+ ₹7560 (Taxes & Charges)
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Coach pickup
The coach rolls out at 5:30 am. Choose a boarding point where a forty seater can stand for a while without blocking traffic, a temple compound or a college ground works well. Suitcases, gift boxes and cooking items for the function are loaded into the luggage bay; water bottles and medicines stay with each passenger. Older guests should sit in the front rows near the door. One organiser with the full guest list counts heads at every halt. Krishnagiri, for breakfast, is the first stop.

Coach breakfast
Krishnagiri is the coach breakfast, forty minutes at a large highway restaurant that has a bay for buses and tables for forty. Back at the Hosur crossing the driver dealt with the state formalities, either paying the Tamil Nadu tax or showing an All India Tourist permit, so this is the group's first time off the bus. Krishnagiri is famous for mangoes, and in summer crates of fruit fit easily in the luggage bay. After breakfast the coach heads south on NH44.

Tea
Dharmapuri is a fifteen minute halt for tea and washrooms at a hotel with room for a coach. Right after the town comes the Thoppur ghat, one of the most dangerous slopes on NH44, so the driver starts the descent in a low gear, never overtakes and stays well behind heavy trucks. Passengers must remain seated with their bags on the floor. Summer afternoons in these plains reach about 38 C, so close the curtains on the sunny side.

Snack
Salem is a twenty minute snack halt, at a hotel on the outskirts where a coach can turn round. Kerala bound traffic leaves NH44 here for NH544, but the bus keeps going south. Some guests will want to try Salem's crunchy thattu vadai, others just tea. Salem is a large textile city, and its silk carries a GI tag, though shopping is better on the way home. Namakkal and lunch are about an hour ahead.

Coach lunch
Namakkal is the coach lunch, a full hour at a meals hotel booked the previous day so food for forty is waiting. The town's old fort sits on a bare rock above the centre. Namakkal is a transport town, with lorry yards along NH44, and its inner streets are too narrow for a coach, so the bus waits on a wide road. After lunch Karur is only about 34 km south, across the Kaveri, well under an hour.

Venue drop
The coach reaches Karur about six and a half hours after leaving Bangalore and drops the group at the hall or hotel, wherever a big bus can turn. A large share of the country's bus bodies are built in Karur's workshops, so the driver will feel at home. The town is also a busy textile centre. Expect heat from April to June; the rain is light, mostly in October and November. The bus parks nearby for the return.
Moving 30 to 50 wedding guests or a college group from Bangalore to Karur? Hire a bus on rent in Bangalore with Tejas Tours & Travels: the Bangalore to Karur bus takes the whole group over 280 km on one vehicle.
Route | One way | Karur and back | Time by bus |
|---|---|---|---|
Bangalore to Karur via Dharmapuri, Salem and Namakkal | About 280 km | About 560 km | About 7 hr with stops |
Plan on about 560 km for the round trip to Karur; with 300 km a day as the minimum, the bus is billed 2 days and 600 km. On the Karur run the km rate has diesel and the driver; allowance ₹700 to ₹1,000 a day by size. The Tamil Nadu permit is billed at actual. Tolls, parking and GST go on at actual. Ask for Volvo or BharatBenz at 400 km a day. A drop only is ₹2 a km more. Diesel and the driver are part of the bus rate per km, and the driver allowance is charged by the day. Pick an AC or a non-AC coach; that choice sets the rate.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 2 days, 600 km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹44 | ₹27,800 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | |
₹44 | ₹27,800 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | |
₹44 | ₹27,800 | ₹41,700 | ₹55,600 | |
₹60 | ₹38,000 | ₹57,000 | ₹76,000 | |
₹60 | ₹38,000 | ₹57,000 | ₹76,000 | |
₹65 | ₹41,000 | ₹61,500 | ₹82,000 | |
₹54 | ₹34,400 | ₹51,600 | ₹68,800 | |
₹54 | ₹34,400 | ₹51,600 | ₹68,800 |
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, 3 days in the 50 Seater Bus is about ₹1,030 a person.
About thirty for Karur? The 33 seater bus. Close to forty: the 40 seater bus. A full fifty over 280 km: the 49 seater bus or 50 seater bus.
A smaller group? The Bangalore to Karur mini bus is cheaper.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Plan on about 280 km each way, around 560 km in total. The coach follows NH44 through Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem and Namakkal and then crosses the Kaveri into Karur. A full bus needs about six and a half hours each way with breakfast, tea and lunch halts.
2 days and 600 km at ₹54/km come to ₹32,400. Driver allowance ₹2,000; tolls, permits, parking and GST are extra.
Yes. We quote ₹2 a km over the return rate, counting the empty run back, so the total stays fixed.
The 40 seater, with a little room for bags. Every size is on bus on rent in Bangalore.
No. The bus stays at the foot and the group walks up; the hill road is for small vehicles.
No. Karur is about 7 hours by bus, which one driver does with halts. Night driving adds an allowance.
For a big group, the cool months from November to February are best. Between April and June the sun is fierce, and forty people waiting outside a hall soon wilt. Karur stays fairly dry through the year, as the hills to the west block most monsoon cloud, so a shower in October or November is about all you can expect.
Yes. A coach leaving Karur around ten at night is back in Bangalore at dawn, as the route is four lane highway nearly all the way. Our driver sleeps while the function is on, so he is fresh for the night run. He goes slowly on the Thoppur slope in the dark and pulls in for tea at Krishnagiri.