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Kukke Subramanya Temple
The principal shrine, where Subramanya is worshipped together with Vasuki, and the foremost Naga kshetra in South India. Pilgrims traditionally bathe in the Kumaradhara before darshan, and the sequence includes a circumambulation past the Garuda pillar, which tradition holds screens devotees from the venom of the serpent above. Visit in the morning. The temple keeps its own schedule with a midday break, seva timings run to their own list, and dress conventions apply - confirm anything your trip depends on close to your date.
Adi Subramanya and Biladwara
A short distance from the main temple, Adi Subramanya is the older shrine where worship is offered at an anthill rather than an image - the form in which Naga worship is most directly expressed here, and for many pilgrims the more affecting of the two. Nearby is the Biladwara, the cave where Vasuki is said to have taken refuge from Garuda and where Subramanya gave him protection. Visit both; they take half an hour together and they explain the theology of the place better than the main temple does.
The Kumaradhara
The river runs below the temple and bathing in it before darshan is the practice rather than an option - there are ghats and a bridge across, and the water comes clear off the Ghats above. It is cold and the flow after monsoon rain can be strong, so follow local direction rather than assuming. Visit at first light, when the ghats fill with pilgrims and the mist is still on the water. The Kumaradhara joins the Netravathi downstream and reaches the sea at Mangalore.
Kumara Parvatha
The peak behind the temple, at around 1,712 metres, and one of the hardest trekking climbs in Karnataka - roughly thirteen kilometres of sustained ascent from the Kukke side through forest and grassland, with Shesha Parvatha as a false summit before the top. The views from the ridge across the Ghats are exceptional. Access runs through Pushpagiri sanctuary with forest department permits and seasonal closures. Visit between October and February, confirm arrangements in advance, and treat the difficulty seriously - this is a genuine mountain day.
Bisle Ghat Viewpoint
A detour off the Sakleshpur road, the Bisle viewpoint looks out over unbroken forest with three ranges of the Western Ghats visible from one point - Kumara Parvatha, Pushpagiri and the Patta Betta among them. It is a small platform on a quiet road through the Bisle reserve forest and there is nothing there beyond the view, which is the appeal. Visit in the morning before cloud builds, or in the late afternoon. The road through the forest is narrow and worth taking slowly; it is one of the better short drives in this district.
Dharmasthala and the Coast
Dharmasthala is sixty kilometres north and the two shrines are almost always visited together - a Shiva temple administered for eight centuries by a Jain family, with free meals and accommodation on a scale few institutions match. Beyond it Mangalore and the coast are around a hundred kilometres, with the beaches at Panambur and Tannirbhavi and the Kadri temple. Visit Dharmasthala as the second day of a Kukke trip; our bangalore to dharmasthala cab page covers it in full.
Distance
280 Km
One way
Time
7 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 23100
Plus GST
8 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹15,638 ₹18,789
+ ₹2689 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹15,638 ₹18,789
+ ₹2689 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹15,738 ₹18,889
+ ₹2689 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹15,638 ₹18,789
+ ₹2689 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹12,107 ₹14,513
+ ₹2053 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC15 Seats
₹12,107 ₹14,513
+ ₹2053 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹12,107 ₹14,513
+ ₹2053 (Taxes & Charges)
Where Your Journey Starts
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280 Km
Departure Point
Your journey to Ooty begins from Bangalore, the gateway to South India's most beloved hill stations. Pick-up is available from any part of the city — Koramangala, Electronic City, Whitefield, Hebbal, Yeshwanthpur, Marathahalli, or Majestic. The most common route out of Bangalore takes you onto NH275, the six-lane Mysore Expressway, which is one of the smoothest and best-maintained national highways in Karnataka. An early departure between 5 AM and 6 AM is strongly advised to clear Bangalore city limits before peak traffic begins. The first 50 km on the expressway are fast, comfortable, and lightly trafficked in the early hours, setting a pleasant tone for the journey ahead. Our drivers are experienced in choosing the optimal departure window and route based on real-time traffic conditions, ensuring that the first stretch of your Bangalore to Ooty road trip is efficient, calm, and enjoyable from the very first kilometre.
Siddhalingeshwara Temple Town
The route leaves Bangalore northwest onto NH 75, and the Nelamangala junction is the only stretch that depends on timing rather than road - our drivers aim to be past it before 7:00 AM, since four corridors diverge there and weekend traffic builds quickly. Kunigal has one of the oldest stud farms in India, associated with Tipu Sultan. Yediyur, twenty-five kilometres on, has a lakeside Siddhalingeshwara temple and the best cluster of highway restaurants on this road - worth using properly, since the options thin considerably after Hassan and there is very little on the ghat.
Coffee Hill Town of the Hassan Ghats
Good four-lane highway as the landscape shifts into plantation country. Channarayapatna is the junction for Shravanabelagola, twelve kilometres off the highway, and Hassan is the base for Belur and Halebidu - both worth building in deliberately if you have a spare half day, and both easy to skip on a ritual booking where the date governs everything. Sakleshpur sits where the coffee and cardamom estates begin and the road starts to climb. It is the last town of any size before the ghat and the natural place to fuel and eat if you did not stop at Yediyur.
Ghat Viewpoint of the Western Ghats
The Shiradi ghat drops from Sakleshpur toward the coast through dense forest, and long stretches have been rebuilt in concrete because the monsoon used to take the surface out annually. It is our default crossing when it is in good order, and our drivers check the position before departure rather than at the barrier - in a bad monsoon it has been restricted or closed, and the alternatives add hours. The Bisle viewpoint lies off this road through the Bisle reserve forest, and if the day allows it is worth the detour - three ranges of the Western Ghats visible from a single platform above unbroken forest, with nothing else there at all.
Naga Kshetra of the South
The last twenty-five kilometres turn south off the coastal road and run through forest into the valley of the Kumaradhara, with the country dense and green and Kumara Parvatha rising ahead - the peak is visible from some distance out and it dominates the approach. Kukke is a temple town in the full sense: the shrine, the river below it, pilgrim accommodation, seva counters and shops, arranged in a compact grid with hills close on every side. Vehicle access near the temple is managed and drops are at designated points, particularly during Champa Shashti and on ritual days. Our driver takes you to the confirmed address and assists with luggage. A 6:00 AM departure puts most travellers in Kukke by around 12:30 PM - which on a Sarpa Samskara booking means the afternoon before your ceremony, which is exactly where you want to be.
The core booking here, and the one the vehicle suits best: a single extended family of thirteen to seventeen travelling for Sarpa Samskara, Ashlesha Bali or a Nagaprathishta. We plan the departure backwards from the reporting time rather than forwards from a convenient hour, which usually means leaving Bangalore mid-morning the previous day, reaching Kukke by early evening, and having the vehicle ready well before dawn for the ghat bath. The driver stays with the group through the following day, because the temple sets the pace and it rarely ends when anyone expects. The Urbania’s low step-in and standing headroom earn their keep across that sequence more than on any other route we run. Most groups add Dharmasthala on the return and we quote it as one itinerary.
A smaller but steady category — employee-interest pilgrimage groups, annual staff trips and senior-team visits organised by Bangalore companies, which move on this corridor around Champa Shashti in particular. The package includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver retained for the full trip, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. The Urbania works as a reasonable working cabin on the plateau section — power at every seat and low enough cabin noise for a conversation across rows — before the ghat makes that academic. Our corporate travels bangalore desk handles the arrangement end to end, and corporate urbania bangalore enquiries above seventeen passengers are run as coordinated pairs.
Kumara Parvatha draws a distinct group with a completely different schedule: an evening arrival at Kukke, a start before four the next morning, an overnight on the mountain, and a descent the following afternoon. The vehicle waits through both days. We plan these separately from temple bookings — different departure timing, different parking arrangement, and a driver briefed that the return time is genuinely uncertain. Groups should arrange forest department permission themselves in advance. If some of your party is trekking and the rest is visiting the temple, say so at enquiry; that is a common split and we plan the vehicle around both.
The 17 seater in executive configuration — wider seating, extra legroom, better trim and the quietest cabin in the class. On a route with a sustained ghat descent and a pre-dawn start the following morning, this is a functional choice rather than a decorative one, and it is the tier most often taken where the group spans three generations or includes anyone prone to travel sickness. Luxury urbania rental bangalore availability tightens sharply around Champa Shashti and the monthly Ashlesha dates, so book early. For parties under eight wanting the same standard, our cab rental bangalore fleet runs Innova Crysta and Fortuner on the same route.
Our 17 seater urbania bangalore and 13 seater urbania rental configurations are both all-AC with push-back seating. We run the full range of group vehicles from one Bangalore base, so a change in headcount after booking can usually be absorbed by moving category rather than restarting.
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van, the recommended vehicle for this route
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, the value option in the same size band
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, AC and non-AC, for larger family groups
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches, fine on NH75 but not on the Bisle Ghat road
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta and Innova Hycross through Fortuner and Commuter, up to Corolla Altis, Camry, Audi A6, Audi Q7, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz E Class, Mercedes-Benz S Class and Rolls-Royce Ghost
Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All vehicles are seated configuration with push-back seats. Groups occasionally ask about an overnight departure to reach Kukke by morning, and on this route we advise against it — the Shiradi descent is not a stretch to drive tired or in the dark, and a family stepping off an overnight drive into a cold river at dawn is starting the observance badly.
We quote in writing before you book and the quote itemises everything, so nothing appears at trip end that you have not already approved. A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms the booking.
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
• Toll charges and parking fees
• Interstate tax, where a route crosses a state border
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
Garage-to-garage is standard across organised group transport in Bangalore. The meter starts when the vehicle leaves our garage for your pickup and stops when it returns, and that is built into the written quote, so the figure you approve is the figure you pay. Three notes for this route. There is no interstate tax, since the journey stays within Karnataka throughout. Driver night halt charges apply and will apply here, because a pooja booking effectively requires a night at Kukke. And if Shiradi is closed and the vehicle is routed via Madikeri and Sullia, the extra kilometres are billed at the same agreed rate, told to you before departure rather than after. Temple seva, pooja and accommodation charges are settled by you directly with the temple and are not part of the vehicle quote.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if required. Vehicle insurance and full statutory driver and vehicle compliance are maintained across the fleet.
Kukke is one of several pilgrimage corridors we operate. These are the routes groups book most from Bangalore.
• Bangalore to Dharmasthala — 300 km, six hours. The Manjunatha temple and Bahubali at Ratnagiri Betta. Almost always paired with Kukke.
• Bangalore to Kollur Mookambika — 415 km, nine hours. The Shakti shrine on the Souparnika, added on a five-day coastal circuit.
• Bangalore to Udupi and Malpe — 400 km, eight hours. The Krishna Matha, St Mary’s Islands and the coast.
• Bangalore to Sringeri and Horanadu — 330 km, seven hours. The standard Karnataka temple circuit.
• Bangalore to Mangaluru — 350 km, seven hours. Kadri Manjunatha and the coastal city, down the same NH75.
• Bangalore to Sakleshpur — 220 km, four to five hours. Plantations, Manjarabad Fort and the old rail trek, directly on this route.
• Bangalore to Belur and Halebidu — 220 km, four hours. Hoysala temples, an easy addition on the return leg.
• Bangalore to Kushalnagar and Coorg — 231 km, five hours. Bylakuppe, Nisargadhama and Dubare Elephant Camp.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 245 km, five hours. Coffee country, Mullayanagiri and Baba Budangiri.
• Bangalore to Tirupati — 250 km, four to five hours. Our most frequent pilgrimage booking, usually a same-day return.
Every service below operates from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so a trip can start in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.
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Booking an Urbania for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under five minutes. Follow these four steps.
• Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com. Available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
• Share your travel date.
• Share your Bangalore pickup location — area or landmark such as Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road, Koramangala, KIA airport, a hotel name or a tech park.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your number of passengers and preferred vehicle.
• If you are travelling for Sarpa Samskara, Ashlesha Bali or another booked seva, tell us the pooja date and reporting time so the departure can be planned backwards from it.
• For KIA airport pickups, share the flight number. The driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• For luxury vehicles including Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Rolls-Royce, also mention the occasion — corporate, wedding or VIP event — so the team can allocate the best-condition vehicle and, where required, arrange formal chauffeur attire.
• For Kukke, Dharmasthala and other multi-day outstation hire, share the full day-wise itinerary so we can allocate a driver with ghat experience.
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote clearly itemises every charge:
• Vehicle hire rate — per kilometre or flat package
• Driver allowance — Rs 400 to Rs 1,000 per day depending on vehicle class
• Driver night halt charges for multi-day hire
• Applicable toll estimates
• Interstate permit where applicable — not required for Kukke, but applicable for Ooty in Tamil Nadu, Wayanad in Kerala and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh
• GST
• No verbal-only prices. Everything is in writing before you confirm.
• For corporate clients requiring reimbursements, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage.
• If you want to compare two vehicle classes, request both quotes at the same time.
• Once satisfied with the written quote, confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance payment of the total fare confirms the booking.
• Payment options: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT, IMPS or RTGS bank transfer, or credit and debit card via payment link.
• Advance receipt issued within 30 minutes.
• Your confirmation includes:
• Driver name and mobile number
• Vehicle registration number
• Departure time
• Pickup location
• Full billing breakdown — all in writing
• For Champa Shashti, Ashlesha nakshatra dates and other peak Kukke periods, book several weeks ahead — vehicles and temple accommodation both tighten sharply.
• For luxury vehicles including the Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class, a higher advance may apply, given limited fleet and Bangalore peak-date demand across the November to February wedding season and New Year.
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• For KIA airport transfers, the driver coordinates at the Arrivals gate.
• The vehicle is clean, sanitised, fuelled and ready.
• For wedding and VIP bookings, the driver arrives in formal attire.
• The driver calls 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip the driver handles all routing, toll payments and the Shiradi Ghat descent, and confirms the ghat’s status before departure.
• At trip end the balance is settled after deducting the advance.
• Any additional kilometres or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick booking: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your vehicle preference, Bangalore pickup location, destination and travel date. Written quote in 2 hours.
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both advance booking and final settlement at trip end.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI and Amazon Pay. The fastest method, with instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for all advance deposits.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and advances above Rs 5,000. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via payment link to your registered mobile or email. Valid for advance and full payment.
• Net banking — All major Indian banks. Payment link via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore IT corporate PO-based approvals.
• Cash — Balance payable at time of travel, accepted at trip end. The advance must be digital for booking confirmation. A receipt is issued.
• Corporate credit — For registered corporate accounts, with 30-day credit terms for signed Bangalore corporate clients and monthly consolidated invoicing available.
Luxury vehicle note: for the Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class, a higher advance may be required given limited Bangalore fleet availability and wedding season demand.
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
• More than 72 hours before departure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent of the advance is refunded within 5 to 7 working days.
• 48 to 72 hours before departure — 10 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 10 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — 25 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 25 percent deduction.
• 12 to 24 hours before departure — 50 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 12 hours before departure — 75 percent of the total trip fare. Minimal or no refund depending on trip value.
• No-show, where the vehicle is deployed and the client is absent — 100 percent of the total trip fare. No refund. The full fare is payable.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels due to breakdown or force majeure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent refunded within 2 working days, or a substitute vehicle offered.
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Luxury vehicles — Rolls-Royce, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class require a minimum 5-day notice for a full refund, due to limited Bangalore fleet and wedding season demand.
• Festival and pooja dates — Champa Shashti, Laksha Deepotsava and Ashlesha nakshatra dates require a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund, since vehicles on those dates are committed well in advance.
• Multi-day outstation hire including Kukke, Dharmasthala, Udupi and Kollur — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund on overnight or multi-day hire from Bangalore.
• Peak dates — New Year, Diwali, Dasara and Bangalore long weekends require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, traffic disruptions and road closures attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period. Shiradi and Bisle Ghat closures fall under this clause.
• Modifications — date changes, vehicle upgrades and route additions with more than 24 hours notice are accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
To cancel, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation follows within 2 hours, and the refund goes to your original payment method within the stated timelines.
All refunds are processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund is issued unless the advance was paid in cash.
• Cancellation 72 or more hours before departure — 100 percent of the advance paid, processed within 5 to 7 working days to the original payment instrument.
• Cancellation 48 to 72 hours before departure — advance minus the 10 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 24 to 48 hours before departure — advance minus the 25 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 12 to 24 hours before departure — advance minus the 50 percent charge, within 7 to 10 working days.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels — 100 percent of the advance paid, within 2 working days on priority processing.
• Trip shortfall where actual kilometres are less than the minimum — proportional credit on the excess, settled at trip end.
• Billing error or overcharge — the full overcharged amount, within 2 to 3 working days after verification.
• Duplicate payment — the full duplicate amount, within 2 to 3 working days after confirmation.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm refunds go to the UPI-linked bank account within 3 to 5 working days.
• Credit or debit card — refund to the originating card within 5 to 7 working days.
• Bank transfer — refund to the originating account within 3 to 5 working days. The account is re-confirmed before processing.
• Cash — cash refund at the Tejas Travels Bangalore office, or via IMPS within 5 working days.
For refunds, WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference, advance receipt and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
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The bangalore to kukke subramanya distance is approximately 285 kilometres via NH75 through Hassan and Sakleshpur, descending the Shiradi Ghat to Gundya before turning south. Allow 6 hours to 7 hours 30 minutes including halts, since the last third is ghat and valley road rather than highway. If Shiradi is closed, the Mysore, Madikeri and Sullia route runs about 330 kilometres and takes closer to eight hours. Leaving Bangalore between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM clears Peenya and Nelamangala before they congest.
Chiefly because of the thirty-five kilometres of continuous curves on the Shiradi descent. The Urbania’s monocoque body holds flatter through bends than a tempo traveller’s cabin-on-chassis construction, and on a road like that it is the difference between a group arriving settled and a group arriving queasy — which matters when you have a dawn ritual bath the next morning. It also has full standing headroom and a lower step-in, worth a great deal across a trip involving repeated boardings in the dark and in wet clothes. A tempo traveller remains the sensible value choice; the Urbania is what you book when comfort is part of the point.
Not if you are performing a pooja, which is why almost nobody does. Sarpa Samskara and most booked sevas require the group at Kukke the previous evening and at the Kumaradhara before dawn, so at least one night is essential. Even for a straightforward darshan, thirteen to fifteen hours of driving with a ghat descent each way is a poor trade. Two nights is the sensible minimum and three lets you add Dharmasthala comfortably.
Tell us the pooja date and reporting time at enquiry and we plan backwards from it — usually a mid-morning departure the previous day, arrival at Kukke by early evening, and the vehicle ready before dawn the next morning. The driver then stays with the group through the day, because the temple sets the pace. Book the seva, the accommodation and any associated rites through the temple’s own official channel before you fix travel dates; those charges are settled directly with the temple and are not part of the vehicle quote.
It is the main Bengaluru–Mangaluru highway and is maintained accordingly, with much of the surface concreted to survive the rainfall, but it remains landslide-prone and has closed for extended repair more than once. We check its status before every departure. If it is shut we route via Bisle, Charmadi or the Mysore–Madikeri–Sullia line, and we tell you before you leave rather than after; the additional kilometres are billed at the same agreed per-kilometre rate. Ghat closures also fall under the force majeure clause in our cancellation policy.
Urbania fare starts around Rs 23,100. The final figure depends on vehicle class, number of days and total kilometres run. Since billing is garage to garage on actual kilometres and hours, we issue a written itemised quote within 2 hours rather than a verbal estimate.
Yes, and it is one of the practical reasons to choose this vehicle. Bisle is shorter than Shiradi from Sakleshpur and considerably more beautiful, running through reserve forest to a viewpoint over three ranges, and it is the route we use when Shiradi is closed. It is narrow with restricted timings and is not open to coaches. In heavy monsoon it can itself become impassable, so the decision is made close to the travel date rather than at booking.
October to February gives the most comfortable weather and the safest ghat driving. Champa Shashti in November or December is the temple’s largest festival, worth seeing but genuinely crowded, with accommodation booked months ahead and parking well out from the temple. Ashlesha nakshatra dates each month are busy for the same reason. The monsoon from June to September is beautiful and the Kumaradhara runs strong, but it carries real landslide risk on Shiradi, so we plan those bookings conservatively with alternatives held open.
Largely yes, with three things to plan for. The Kumaradhara ghat steps are wet and can be slippery before dawn. The Biladwara passage is low and narrow and involves stooping. And the ghat descent affects some people — which is the main reason we suggest the Urbania rather than a cheaper vehicle for a group spanning three generations. Tell us at enquiry and we will plan drop points to shorten the walking and factor in that parking moves further out during festivals. The Kumara Parvatha trek is a serious two-day climb and should not be considered part of a family temple trip.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if they wish to be covered. All vehicles carry valid insurance and full statutory compliance, and every driver is verified with a commercial licence and route experience, but personal passenger cover is not part of the booking. To book, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, passenger count, day-wise itinerary and pooja timing if applicable. A written itemised quote follows within 2 hours; confirm it, pay the 20 percent advance, and you receive driver details, vehicle registration and the full billing breakdown in writing. Our force urbania hire enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
