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Sharadamba Temple and the Matha
The Sharada Peetham has functioned continuously since the eighth century and is the first of the four mathas Adi Shankara established, with an unbroken line of acharyas. The Sharadamba temple is its principal shrine, the goddess seated on the Sri Chakra in a gold-plated image. The complex on the Tunga includes the matha buildings, a Sanskrit college and the ghats. Visit in the morning or for the evening worship. Dress conventions apply, and seva or special darshan arrangements are made through the matha rather than through any agent.
Sharadamba Temple and the Matha
The Sharada Peetham has functioned continuously since the eighth century and is the first of the four mathas Adi Shankara established, with an unbroken line of acharyas. The Sharadamba temple is its principal shrine, the goddess seated on the Sri Chakra in a gold-plated image. The complex on the Tunga includes the matha buildings, a Sanskrit college and the ghats. Visit in the morning or for the evening worship. Dress conventions apply, and seva or special darshan arrangements are made through the matha rather than through any agent.
Vidyashankara Temple
In the same complex and worth as much time as the main shrine. Built around 1338 under Vijayanagara patronage, it fuses Hoysala and Dravidian styles - a stellate plan with a Dravidian tower, carved horses along the outer wall, pierced stone windows and detailed relief work. Its twelve zodiac pillars are the celebrated feature, positioned so that sunlight falls on each in the order of the solar months. Visit in the morning when the light is best for the carving. Allow an hour and look at the inscriptions; the temple is also a substantial historical record of the early Vijayanagara period.
The Tunga and Sirimane Falls
The Tunga runs below the temple and the fish in it are enormous, protected for generations and entirely tame - feeding them from the steps is part of what people come to do. A footbridge crosses to the far bank. Sirimane Falls, around ten kilometres from the town near Kigga, drops in stages into a pool set in forest and is easily reached with a short walk and steps; it is the most visited falls in the area and it is genuinely lovely. Visit Sirimane between July and January when there is real water; there is a small entry charge and the last stretch of road is narrow.
Kigga and the Rishyashringa Temple
A few kilometres from Sringeri, Kigga holds the Rishyashringeshwara temple, dedicated to the sage Rishyashringa whose name the town carries - the ascetic of the Ramayana who was brought to Anga to end a drought and whose presence is traditionally associated with rain. Local practice holds that prayers here are made for rainfall. It is a small hill temple in forest country rather than a grand one, and it takes half an hour. Visit it on the way to or from Sirimane Falls, which is in the same direction, and for the sense of why this particular valley carries the name it does.
Horanadu and Kalasa
The two temples that complete the standard circuit. Horanadu, around fifty kilometres away, holds the Adi Shakthi Annapoorneshwari temple, where the goddess of food is worshipped and where every visitor is fed - the free meal served to all comers is central to the place and is what most pilgrims remember. Kalasa, twenty kilometres from Horanadu on the Bhadra, has the Kalaseshwara temple and a setting among coffee estates and hills that is worth the drive on its own. Visit both together as a full day from Sringeri; the roads between are winding and slower than the distances suggest.
Agumbe and Kudremukh
Agumbe, twenty-five kilometres west, is among the wettest places in India and is sometimes called the Cherrapunji of the South - a small village on the edge of the Ghats with a celebrated sunset viewpoint looking west toward the coast, and a rainforest research station known for its work on king cobras. Kudremukh, to the north, is a national park of shola and grassland with a well-known trek to the horse-face peak that gives it its name. Visit Agumbe for the sunset on a clear evening between November and March; in the monsoon you will see cloud and very little else, though the forest is extraordinary.
Distance
330 Km
One way
Time
7 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 27100
Plus GST
8 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹18,305 ₹22,019
+ ₹3169 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹18,305 ₹22,019
+ ₹3169 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹18,405 ₹22,119
+ ₹3169 (Taxes & Charges)
12 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹18,305 ₹22,019
+ ₹3169 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹14,144 ₹16,980
+ ₹2420 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC15 Seats
₹14,144 ₹16,980
+ ₹2420 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Urbania
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹14,144 ₹16,980
+ ₹2420 (Taxes & Charges)
Where Your Journey Starts
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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 first stretch to Nelamangala is the only part of the day that depends on timing rather than road - our drivers aim to be past the junction before 7:00 AM, since Mysore, Mangalore, Hassan and Tumkur traffic all diverges there and it builds fast on weekend mornings. Beyond Nelamangala the highway opens up properly. Kunigal is known for the stud farm, one of the oldest horse breeding establishments in India and associated with Tipu Sultan. Yediyur, twenty-five kilometres on, has a lakeside Siddhalingeshwara temple and the best cluster of highway restaurants on this road - it is the standard breakfast halt and worth using properly, since the options thin after Hassan.
Base of the Hoysala Belt
Eighty-five kilometres of good four-lane highway as the route crosses into Hassan district and the landscape shifts into plantation country - coconut, areca and paddy, greener and more enclosed than the open country behind. Channarayapatna is the junction for Shravanabelagola, where the Gommateshwara monolith stands on Vindhyagiri twelve kilometres off the highway. Hassan is the district headquarters and the base for the entire Hoysala circuit. For travellers with time, Belur and Halebidu are within reach and both were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 2023 - Belur sits directly on the road ahead, which makes it the easier of the two to build into this journey.
Coffee Cradle of India
Belur comes up thirty-five kilometres beyond Hassan and it is the best short stop on this route. The Chennakeshava temple, commissioned in 1117 and worked on for over a century, carries bracket figures around the outer wall that are among the finest sculpture in India. An hour covers it; ninety minutes covers it properly. Chikmagalur follows, and the country changes again - the Baba Budan hills rise to the north and coffee replaces everything else. This is where Indian coffee began, when Baba Budan is said to have carried seven seeds back from Yemen and planted them on the hill that now bears his name. The town is the centre of the Karnataka coffee trade and a substantial share of what India exports is grown within sight of this road.
First Matha of Adi Shankara
Eighty-five kilometres west and south through the coffee belt and into proper Ghat country - the road narrows, the estates give way to forest in stretches, and it winds continuously without ever becoming a serious ghat. Balehonnur, on the Bhadra, is the seat of the Rambhapuri Peetha, one of the five principal Veerashaiva monastic centres, which most travellers pass without knowing. Sringeri sits in a bend of the Tunga with the matha complex on the bank and the town around it. It is small, green and quiet, and the temple complex is the centre of everything. Accommodation includes matha guest houses as well as hotels, and the former book directly through the matha. Our driver takes you to the confirmed address and assists with luggage. A 6:00 AM departure puts most travellers in Sringeri by around 1:00 PM, in good time for the evening worship.
Every quotation is built around what you actually need rather than a fixed menu. The four structures below describe how we typically shape force urbania hire enquiries on this corridor.
The booking that makes the most of the distance. Sringeri and Horanadu are forty kilometres apart and almost always done together; add Kalasa, then Kollur Mookambika ninety kilometres on, and you have a three or four day circuit many groups extend to Murudeshwar or Dharmasthala. The same Urbania and driver stay with you throughout, which is the only arrangement that works when the days are shaped by pooja timings rather than a schedule. We plan the driving around whatever sequence your family follows rather than imposing one. A sringeri kollur murudeshwar tour package quoted this way carries a stated allowance for the local running, which across a full circuit is substantial and mostly on winding road.
The most common booking on this route, and the one where the Urbania makes the clearest difference — because these groups almost always include elders. Full recline in every row rather than the front two, individual armrests so nobody negotiates for space across seven hours, dual-zone air conditioning so the back row is not the hot row, and a cabin quiet enough to hold a conversation in. Two days rather than one is what we recommend: the temple properly, the Tunga at first light, and Sirimane and Kigga on the second day. Mutt guesthouses are the closest accommodation and are simple; mid-range hotels sit a little further out. Child seats can be arranged with notice.
Chikmagalur's estate resorts sit directly on this road, which makes a Sringeri and Chikmagalur combination a workable offsite as well as a pilgrimage, and the Urbania is what most Bangalore corporate desks book for it. GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the full trip, GPS tracking for the event manager and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. Per-seat USB and a quiet cabin mean the highway half of the drive is working time rather than lost time. Our corporate travels desk manages a corporate urbania bangalore booking end to end, including a KIA airport transfer at either end for visiting colleagues.
For milestone pilgrimages, guest hosting and senior family groups where the vehicle is part of the occasion rather than a means of reaching it. The 8 to 10 seater configurations use a 1/1 captain layout, so every passenger has an individual window seat — the most comfortable way to bring a small group of elders this distance, and considerably better than splitting them across two cars. Chauffeur in formal attire on request, vehicle deep-cleaned before departure, and the same Urbania retained throughout. This is the tier luxury van hire bangalore enquiries usually land in when the group is small and the standard expected is high.
We operate the Urbania in seven configurations — 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 seater. The 8 to 10 seaters use a 1/1 captain layout with every passenger on a window; 12 seats and above use a 2/1 layout. All are deep-cleaned before every booking, GPS tracked, serviced at authorised Force Motors centres and driven by chauffeurs trained specifically on the Urbania, which handles differently from a standard van. Our wider fleet runs alongside it from the same Bangalore base, so if the headcount or the budget changes after enquiry we can move you across categories without restarting.
• Force Urbania — 8 to 16 seater luxury van, the premium vehicle for this route and well suited to the narrow roads beyond Chikmagalur
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, the standard alternative at roughly sixty to eighty percent less per kilometre
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, for devotee associations and larger pilgrimage parties
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches; beyond Chikmagalur we advise on size rather than assuming the largest vehicle fits
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner and Commuter through 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 our vehicles including the Urbania are seated configuration, though the full recliners make a 5:00 AM start considerably easier than a standard van does — which is part of why the dawn departure works on this route. We plan a daylight arrival rather than an overnight run, and we ask groups returning via Agumbe to start back by early afternoon so the ghat is cleared before dark. The Urbania fleet is smaller than our tempo traveller fleet, so specific variants book out ahead of Navratri, the Rathotsava, long weekends and the December to January peak.
We quote in writing before you book and the quote itemises everything, so there are no surprises at trip end. A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking. All Urbania outstation rates are garage to garage with fuel included.
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
• Toll charges and parking fees
• Interstate tax and permit where applicable — not applicable on this route, since Sringeri is in Karnataka
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
The garage-to-garage basis is standard across the organised group transport industry in Bangalore. The meter starts when the vehicle leaves our garage for your pickup point and ends when it returns, and we factor this into the written quote, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
Three points matter specifically on this corridor. Temple offerings, sevas and any accommodation booked through the Sringeri Mutt are arranged and paid by you directly — we handle transport and time the day around the pooja schedule, nothing more. There is no interstate permit on this route, which is worth stating plainly because almost every other outstation quote we issue carries one and its absence here is a genuine saving. And local running becomes substantial once Horanadu, Kalasa or Kollur enter the plan, so our circuit quotes carry a stated allowance rather than leaving it open.
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.
Sringeri is one of several Karnataka corridors where our Urbania fleet is booked most often. The first four combine directly with this one.
• Bangalore to Horanadu — 375 km. The Annapoorneshwari temple, forty kilometres from Sringeri and the most common addition to this trip.
• Bangalore to Kollur Mookambika — 440 km. Ninety kilometres beyond Horanadu, and the third leg of the standard coastal temple circuit.
• Bangalore to Chikmagalur — 250 km, five hours. Coffee country and Mullayanagiri, directly on this route and a frequent premium weekend on its own.
• Bangalore to Belur and Halebidu — 220 km. The Hoysala temples, on the road in and an easy build-in.
• Bangalore to Coorg — 265 km, five to six hours with forty kilometres of ghat. The classic premium weekend and the route our Urbania fleet runs most.
• Bangalore to Murudeshwar — 500 km. The coastal Shiva statue and temple, often the fourth leg of a west-coast circuit.
• Bangalore to Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya — 285 to 310 km. Frequently paired with Sringeri on a longer temple run.
• Bangalore to Ooty — 275 km. The Nilgiri switchbacks, where ride quality is felt more than on almost any other route we operate.
• Bangalore to Mysore — 150 km, three hours. Srirangapatna, the Palace and Chamundi Hills. The standard premium day outing.
• Bangalore to Tirupati — 250 km. Our most frequent pilgrimage booking, and one where full recliners matter on an early start.
Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so you can start a trip in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.
Our force urbania rent bangalore fleet covers urbania van rental, urbania on rent bangalore and luxury urbania rental bangalore bookings across seven seating configurations, for local hire, KIA airport transfers, weddings and outstation runs like this one. For the same seat band without the premium, luxury tempo traveller bangalore covers tt vehicle requirements from 8 to 18 seats with pushback seating and full air conditioning.
For larger groups, our mini bus rental in bangalore fleet handles minibus rental, mini bus in bangalore and mini bus booking online enquiries from twelve to twenty-four seats, which is the usual size of a devotee association pilgrimage. Beyond that, bus rental in bangalore runs 27 to 50 seater coaches for rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking requirements, and the volvo bus rental bangalore tier covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire for conferences and large corporate movements. Our cab rental bangalore service covers premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and everyday car booking for parties of four to seven.
On the corporate side, corporate travels bangalore covers corporate cab service bangalore, corporate car rental bangalore and corporate transport services for companies needing managed travel, including offsites at the Chikmagalur estate resorts on this same road. Our employee transportation services bangalore division runs office cab service bangalore, staff transportation services and night shift cab service bangalore contracts across tech parks, with it employee transport service, employee pick up and drop service, tech park cab service and employee shuttle service Bangalore arrangements built around shift timings.
For education clients, school transportation services covers school bus service bangalore, school bus rental bangalore and student pick up and drop service, including school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental — and the Hoysala temples at Belur and Halebidu on this same road make a genuinely good history field trip. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking with live flight tracking, including connections to Mangalore airport, which at around 105 kilometres is the nearest to Sringeri.
Longer journeys fall under outstation cabs bangalore, covering outstation cab booking, outstation car rental bangalore, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking for multi-day itineraries. For celebrations, wedding car rental bangalore handles wedding cars for rent, wedding car hire bangalore, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore, with the Urbania a natural fit for entourage movement and VIP guest shuttles. And for premium seven-seater travel, innova hycross rent bangalore covers innova hycross taxi and hycross car rental, where the hybrid drivetrain suits sustained hill driving well. Custom tour packages combining any of these vehicles across Sringeri, Horanadu, Kollur, Murudeshwar and the wider Karnataka temple circuit are available on request.
Booking a Force 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, building or landmark such as Yeshwanthpur, Rajajinagar, Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road or Koramangala.
• Share your destination or full day-wise itinerary, and tell us whether Horanadu, Kalasa or Kollur are in the plan, since that changes the route from Hassan onward.
• Share your group size and the Urbania seating variant you need: 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 or 16 seater.
• Tell us if elders are travelling. It affects which variant we recommend and how we plan the halts.
• Tell us whether you want a one-day or two-day trip. We will give you an honest view — a single-day round trip is fifteen hours of driving for half a day of temple.
• For KIA airport pickups, share the flight number. The driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• For corporate, wedding and VIP bookings, mention the occasion so the team allocates the best-condition Urbania and arranges chauffeur formal attire where required.
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
◦ Urbania hire rate — per kilometre or flat package, garage to garage with fuel included
◦ Driver allowance — Rs 600 per day for outstation hire
◦ Applicable toll estimates
◦ No interstate permit on this route, since Sringeri is in Karnataka
◦ A stated allowance for local running if Horanadu, Kalasa, Kollur or Sirimane are in the plan
◦ Driver night halt charges for multi-day hire
◦ GST
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For corporate clients requiring reimbursements, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage for PO-based approval.
• If you want to compare the 13 seater against the 15 seater, or a standard tempo traveller against the Urbania, request both quotes at the same time. We will give you the honest comparison rather than steering you to the premium tier.
• Review the written quote and confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance payment of the total fare confirms the booking and guarantees the specific Urbania variant on your date.
• This matters more than on other vehicles. The Urbania fleet is limited, and particular variants book out ahead of Navratri, the Rathotsava, long weekends and the December to January peak.
• 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 confirmation
◦ Full billing breakdown — all sent to WhatsApp or email in writing
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• The Urbania is clean, deep-sanitised, fuelled and ready, with the dual-zone air conditioning checked before every outstation departure.
• For wedding, corporate and VIP bookings, the driver is in formal attire.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip the driver handles all routing, toll payments and the winding sections beyond Chikmagalur, which are taken at their own pace rather than highway pace.
• At Sringeri the driver drops as close to the complex as parking allows and takes the vehicle on, rather than circling with the group aboard.
• On a return via Agumbe the driver starts back by early afternoon so the ghat is cleared before dark.
• GPS tracking is available throughout, which corporate event managers use to follow the group in real time.
• 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 group size, Bangalore pickup area, destination and travel date. Written Urbania quote in 2 hours.
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods. Given the limited Urbania fleet size, the advance matters more here than on other vehicles — it is what guarantees your specific variant on your date.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI and Amazon Pay. The fastest method, with instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for advance deposits on Urbania hire.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and advances above Rs 10,000. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via payment link sent to your registered mobile or email. Valid for both advance and full payment.
• Net banking — All major Indian banks. Payment link via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for 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 corporate clients and invoice issued within 24 hours of trip completion.
A 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees the specific seating variant. For festival dates and multi-day temple circuits, a higher advance may be required.
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation. There are no hidden conditions.
• 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 group 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 an equivalent substitute vehicle is offered.
• Multi-day outstation hire including Sringeri, Horanadu, Kollur, Murudeshwar and Coorg — minimum 5-day notice for a full refund on pre-booked multi-day Urbania hire.
• Festival dates — Navratri and the Sharada Navaratri Brahmotsavam, Guru Purnima and the annual Rathotsava require a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund, given how far ahead vehicles are committed on those dates.
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable, given vehicle preparation and driver allocation commitments.
• Peak dates — IT sector long weekends, Diwali, Dasara and New Year require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, monsoon ghat closures, landslip diversions on the Agumbe and Charmadi sections, and road closures attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
• Modifications — date changes, seating changes and route additions with more than 24 hours notice are accommodated at no penalty, subject to Urbania availability on the new date.
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 used for the advance. 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 for operational reasons — 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 against the final balance.
• 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.
• Disputes — for refund discrepancies or billing disputes, contact us within 7 days of trip completion. Genuine billing disputes are resolved within 3 working days.
For refunds, WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference, advance receipt and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
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15/6/2026 Coorg
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Bangalore to Pondicherry
We recently completed our Pondicherry trip with Tejas Tours and Travel Company, and overall we had a very good experience. Shashikala coordinated with us from enquiry to booking and throughout the trip. She was well-communicated, supportive, and checked in with us daily to ensure everything was fine.
Souvik Bhattacharya
6/4/2026 Pondicherry
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
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1/1/2026 Madikeri
5/5
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The bangalore to sringeri distance is over 330 kilometres, and the drive takes 7 to 8 hours depending on traffic and road conditions. The route runs on NH 75 through Nelamangala, Kunigal and Hassan, then west through Belur and Chikmagalur into the coffee country. The Agumbe ghat route is the scenic alternative, commonly used on the return leg. Leaving Bangalore at 5:00 AM puts most groups in Sringeri by around 1:00 PM, with the whole afternoon free for the temple and the river.
A standard tempo traveller is a converted van on a ladder-frame chassis with fabric pushback seats, central air conditioning and standard ride quality. The Force Urbania is a purpose-built people mover on a monocoque chassis with full recliner seats in every row, individual adjustable armrests, thirty-two to thirty-four inches of row pitch, dual-zone air conditioning, per-seat USB charging, a sound-insulated cabin, HD screen and multi-speaker audio, plus ABS, reverse sensors and emergency exit doors. On the highway half of this route the difference is pleasant. On the winding half beyond Chikmagalur, and for a group with elders aboard, it is the difference between a comfortable day and a tiring one.
Sometimes, and we would rather be specific than sell it to everyone. Force urbania rate per km runs roughly sixty to eighty percent above a tempo traveller, and at 330 kilometres with good highway for more than half of it, a tempo traveller does this route perfectly well. If cost per head decides your booking — a devotee association, a college group, a large family on a fixed budget — we will quote you one without pushing. What tips it toward the Urbania here is not distance but three specific things: elders in the party, the winding half of the drive beyond Chikmagalur, and occasions where the vehicle itself is part of the day. A large share of Sringeri bookings meet at least one of those.
You can, and we will quote it, but we would rather you did not. Seven to eight hours each way is fifteen hours of driving for a temple complex that deserves half a day on its own, and it means leaving before dawn and arriving home near midnight. That is hard on anyone and considerably harder on the elders who make up much of the traffic on this route — which is, incidentally, the same group the Urbania is best for. Two days gives you the temple properly, the Tunga at first light, and Sirimane and Kigga on the second day, at a cost difference much smaller than the difference in the trip.
Urbania fare starts around Rs 27,100. 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.
We run 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 seater configurations. The 8 to 10 seaters use a 1/1 captain layout where every passenger has an individual window seat, which is the most comfortable arrangement available for bringing a small group of elders this distance and the usual choice for guest hosting. From 12 seats upward the layout is 2/1. Book one size above your headcount if you are travelling three or four days on a circuit with luggage. Tell us your group size, trip length and whether elders are travelling, and we will recommend rather than upsell.
We can tell you the general shape — poojas run from dawn, with midday and evening observances, and special rituals on Fridays and through Navratri and Guru Purnima — but we deliberately do not publish a schedule here, because it changes and anything specific would go stale within a season. Check the official Sringeri Sharada Peetham site close to your dates. What we do is plan the day around whatever timings you confirm, and our drivers know the local position well enough to advise on the morning. Shoulders and knees covered, shoes off inside.
Add Horanadu. It is forty kilometres from Sringeri through coffee and forest, the drive is among the better stretches in the district, and the Annapoorneshwari temple's tradition of feeding every visitor is worth experiencing. Sringeri, Horanadu and Kalasa make a full and unhurried second day. Kollur Mookambika is a further ninety kilometres and turns the trip into a three or four day circuit, often extended to Murudeshwar or Dharmasthala. If any of that is in your plan, say so at the quotation stage — it changes the route from Hassan onward and it changes the kilometres materially.
No. Sringeri is in Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka, so the whole journey stays within the state and no interstate permit applies. It is worth mentioning because almost every other outstation route we run from Bangalore carries one, and its absence here is a real saving that shows up in the quote. If you extend to Kollur, Murudeshwar or Gokarna the route still stays in Karnataka, so the same holds.
Yes, and on this route it is the arrangement that makes the trip work. The same Urbania and driver stay with you throughout — the temple complex, the Tunga steps, Malahanikareshwara, Sirimane Falls and Kigga, and any onward leg to Horanadu, Kalasa or Kollur. Multi-day bookings are billed on total kilometres and hours with a per-day minimum plus driver allowance and night halt charges. On sleepers, no — Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services and all our vehicles including the Urbania are seated configuration, though the full recliners make the dawn start considerably easier than a standard van does.
October to March, when the weather is pleasant and the ghat roads are at their best. July to September brings the monsoon, when this country is at its most beautiful and also when the sections near Agumbe and Charmadi can be slippery and occasionally closed — travellable, but worth checking against conditions rather than assuming. April is warm. The dates to plan around are Navratri and the Sharada Navaratri Brahmotsavam, Guru Purnima and the annual Rathotsava, when the town fills entirely and the Urbania fleet books out earliest. On insurance, we do not cover passenger insurance; vehicles carry statutory motor insurance and drivers hold valid commercial licences, but personal travel cover should be arranged independently. To book, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 or email info@tejastravels.com with your travel date, Bangalore pickup location, group size, preferred seating variant and day-wise itinerary. 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 urbania van rental enquiry lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
