Bangalore to Venur Cab Service - Outstation Taxi with Driver
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Places to Visit in Venur
The Bahubali of 1604
Thirty-five feet of granite carved from a single block and raised by Timmanna Ajila IV, standing in an open enclosure with the hills behind and the Phalguni below. It is the smallest of the Karnataka monoliths and by a considerable distance the least visited - there is no queue, no ticketing infrastructure, and on an ordinary weekday morning you may well be the only person there. Visit early. Half an hour is enough, and the quiet is the thing you will remember rather than the scale.
The Bahubali of 1604
Thirty-five feet of granite carved from a single block and raised by Timmanna Ajila IV, standing in an open enclosure with the hills behind and the Phalguni below. It is the smallest of the Karnataka monoliths and by a considerable distance the least visited - there is no queue, no ticketing infrastructure, and on an ordinary weekday morning you may well be the only person there. Visit early. Half an hour is enough, and the quiet is the thing you will remember rather than the scale.
The Ajila Dynasty and the Palace Ruins
The Ajilas were a Jain chieftain family who ruled this small territory from Venur for several centuries under successively larger powers, and the statue is the most substantial thing they left. Fragments of the palace and the fortified enclosure survive in the village, unmarked and unrestored. There is very little interpretation on the ground and not a great deal published. Visit with the understanding that you are looking at the remains of a minor court that commissioned a major work - which is most of what makes the place interesting.
Shantinatha Basadi and the Jain Group
Venur holds a group of basadis of which the Shantinatha is the principal one, dating to the Ajila period and built in the Tulu coastal style with sloping tiled roofs rather than a Deccan tower. They are small, working temples rather than monuments, and several are looked after by very few people. Visit them with the statue in one morning - together they show what a Jain court town on this coast actually looked like, which the grander sites at Moodabidri and Karkala do not quite convey.
Mahalingeshwara Temple and the Phalguni
The Mahalingeshwara temple in the village is a reminder that this was never a purely Jain place - the Ajilas were Jain, their subjects largely were not, and the Shaiva temple has stood alongside the basadis for as long. The Phalguni runs below the village, the same river that reaches the sea at Mangalore as the Gurupura. Visit the temple for twenty minutes and walk down to the river. Venur takes a morning in total, which is precisely why it belongs in a circuit rather than as a destination on its own.
Distance
325 Km
One way
Time
8 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 9500
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore-Venur route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Hassan
185 Km
Ujire
300 Km
Venur
325 Km
Bangalore
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.
Hassan
Base of the Hoysala Belt
The Base of the Hoysala Belt, from which Belur and Halebidu are reached.
Ujire
Gateway to Dharmasthala
Where a thirty-nine foot Bahubali stands on Ratnagiri hill above the temple town.
Venur
Ajila Capital on the Phalguni
Where a thirty-five foot Bahubali has stood since 1604 in a village that has otherwise gone quiet.
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Cab Packages for Every Traveller
Every quotation is built around what you actually need rather than a fixed menu. Because Venur is a half-morning rather than a destination, the tiers below are all circuit-shaped.
Bahubali Circuit Package
The booking that Venur belongs to. Four of the five Karnataka monolithic Bahubali statues sit on or near the Charmadi road - Shravanabelagola on the way out, Dharmasthala and Venur on the descent, Karkala beyond Moodabidri - which makes a three-day journey through six centuries of the same tradition. A fourth day adds Gommatagiri near Mysore on the return. The vehicle stays with your group throughout; Venur in particular has no practical alternative transport. Innova and Innova Crysta are the usual choice.
Jain Heritage Package
For visitors coming for the basadis rather than the statues. Venur, Moodabidri and Karkala together hold one of the finest concentrations of Digambara heritage in South India, and Venur adds something the larger sites do not - a small court town where the basadis, the palace remains and the statue sit together in the same village. Two days covers the three towns properly with the vehicle retained. Base at Moodabidri, Ujire or Mangalore, since Venur has essentially no visitor accommodation.
Family and Pilgrimage Cab Package
For families travelling for darshan across the district, usually with Dharmasthala as the anchor and Venur added because it is on the road. Innova and Innova Crysta are usual, with tempo travellers for extended families. Venur asks nothing of a group beyond half an hour and a short walk, which makes it an easy inclusion even where there are elderly travellers - unlike Shravanabelagola, where the climb is six hundred and fifty barefoot steps.
Premium and Luxury Cab Package
For senior family groups, guest hosting and travellers who want the drive and the ghat to be comfortable. This tier covers our premium car rentals in bangalore range and the innova hycross rent bangalore fleet, alongside our luxury car rental bangalore options. The Charmadi descent has genuinely tight hairpins and a circuit day involves a good deal of secondary road between the sites, so suspension and ride quality are felt more than the distance suggests.
Fare Inclusions, Exclusions and Advance Payment
Every Tejas Tours and Travels quotation for this corridor is issued in writing with the structure below. Nothing outside this list is charged, and everything inside it is stated before you confirm.
Advance payment: 20 percent of the total fare is payable in advance to confirm the booking.
Included in the Quoted Fare
1. Base fare and fuel charges
2. Driver allowance
Not Included in the Quoted Fare
3. Toll and parking charges
4. Interstate tax and permit charges
5. Driver bata after 9:45 PM, charged extra
6. Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
7. GST
Insurance note: Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel cover where required. Vehicles carry the statutory motor insurance required under law.
Two points are specific to this route. First, it stays entirely within Karnataka, so no interstate permit arises - the exclusion above remains in our standard terms because it applies on our other corridors. Second, a Bahubali circuit involves substantial secondary-road running between four widely separated sites, so our circuit quotes carry a stated allowance for it rather than a bare point-to-point figure. Basadi and temple charges are paid on site and we take no margin on them.
Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore
Tejas Tours and Travels operates a full ground-transport fleet across Bangalore and Mysore, and every service below is available on this corridor and on every other route we run.
Cab Service: Sedans, SUVs and premium cars for one to seven passengers. Our premium car rentals in bangalore fleet covers car rental bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and premium cab requirements from local use to week-long outstation itineraries.
Tempo Traveller Service: The 9 to 17 seater band, which suits the community and family groups that make Jain heritage circuits. Our luxury tempo traveller bangalore fleet handles tt vehicle requirements with pushback seating and full air conditioning.
Minibus and Bus Service: The 13 to 35 seater mini bus rental in bangalore fleet covers minibus rental and mini bus booking online for pilgrimage and study groups. Full-size coaches through our bus rental in bangalore service handle rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking, though the Charmadi descent is not suitable for a long wheelbase and we would route via Shiradi instead.
Force Urbania and Luxury Volvo Bus: Our force urbania rent bangalore fleet offers 10, 13 and 17 seater configurations, and urbania on rent bangalore suits these ghat and village roads particularly well. For long-haul group comfort, our volvo bus rental bangalore service covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire.
Corporate Travels: Managed transport for companies. Our corporate travels bangalore desk provides corporate cab service bangalore and corporate car rental bangalore with GST invoicing, PO-based approvals and monthly consolidated billing.
Airport Transfer: Round-the-clock Kempegowda International Airport pickups and drops with live flight tracking, and transfers connecting to Mangalore airport, which is the nearest to Venur at around sixty kilometres. Our airport transfer bangalore service covers bangalore airport cab and kempegowda airport taxi needs.
Employee Transport: Our employee transportation services bangalore programme covers office cab service bangalore and night shift cab service bangalore with GPS tracking and night-shift marshals, plus it employee transport service, employee pick up and drop service, tech park cab service and employee shuttle service Bangalore.
School Commute: Our school transportation services cover school bus service bangalore and school bus rental bangalore with verified drivers, onboard attendants and live tracking, plus school excursion bus rental bangalore and safe school transport service Bangalore - and the Bahubali circuit makes an exceptional art and history study trip.
Outstation Travel: Our outstation cabs bangalore service handles outstation cab booking, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking, with permits arranged in advance where a route requires them.
Wedding Cab and Bus: Our wedding car rental bangalore service covers wedding cars for rent, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore as one managed booking.
Innova Hycross: Our innova hycross rent bangalore service offers innova hycross taxi and hycross car rental for families and executives. Curated tour packages from Bangalore and Mysore are also available across Venur, Moodabidri, Karkala, Dharmasthala and the wider coastal circuit.
How to Book a Car for Rent in Bangalore — Step-by-Step
Booking a Car for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under 5 minutes. Follow these 4 steps:
STEP1 | Contact Tejas Travels Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com — available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Share your travel date, Bangalore pickup location (area or landmark — Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road, Koramangala, KIA airport, hotel name, tech park), destination or full itinerary, number of passengers, and preferred vehicle. 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 (Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce), also mention the occasion — corporate, wedding, VIP event — so the team can ensure the best-condition vehicle and, where required, formal chauffeur attire. |
STEP2 | Receive Your Written Quote Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email. The quote clearly itemizes every charge: vehicle hire rate (Rs/km or flat package), driver allowance (Rs 400-1,000/day depending on vehicle class), applicable toll estimates, and any interstate permit if applicable (Tamil Nadu for Ooty, Kerala for Wayanad, Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati). No verbal-only prices — everything 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. |
STEP3 | Confirm Your Booking & Pay Advance Once satisfied with the written quote, confirm via WhatsApp or phone. A 15-20% advance payment confirms the booking. Payment: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT/IMPS/RTGS bank transfer, or credit/debit card via payment link. Advance receipt within 30 minutes. Confirmation includes: driver name and mobile, vehicle registration, departure time, pickup location, and full billing breakdown — all in writing. For luxury vehicles (Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes S-Class), advance may be higher due to limited fleet and Bangalore peak-date demand (wedding season November-February, New Year). |
STEP4 | Your Driver Arrives Early Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at your confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure. For KIA airport transfers, the driver coordinates at the Arrivals gate. The vehicle is clean, sanitized, 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 Bangalore traffic navigation. At trip end, balance payment is settled after deducting the advance. Any additional km or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate. |
Quick Booking for Hire: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your vehicle preference, Bangalore pickup location, destination, and travel date. Written quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods — Car Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both advance booking and final settlement at trip end.
Method | Options | Notes |
|---|---|---|
UPI | Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI, Amazon Pay | Fastest method. Instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for all advance deposits. |
Bank Transfer | NEFT, IMPS, RTGS | For corporate clients and advances above Rs 5,000. IMPS instant; NEFT up to 2 hours. |
Credit / Debit Card | Visa, Mastercard, RuPay | Via payment link to 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 at time of travel | Accepted at trip end. Advance must be digital for booking confirmation. Receipt issued. |
Corporate Credit | Registered corporate accounts | 30-day credit terms for signed Bangalore corporate clients. Monthly consolidated invoicing available. |
Luxury vehicle note: For Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series, and Mercedes S-Class, a higher advance may be required given limited Bangalore fleet availability and Bangalore wedding season demand.
Cancellation Policy — Car Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent, and tiered cancellation policy. All terms communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
Cancellation Timing | Cancellation Charge | Refund on Advance |
|---|---|---|
More than 72 hours before departure | NIL — No charge | 100% of advance refunded within 5-7 working days |
48 to 72 hours before departure | 10% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 10% deduction |
24 to 48 hours before departure | 25% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 25% deduction |
12 to 24 hours before departure | 50% of total trip fare | Advance refunded less 50% deduction |
Less than 12 hours before departure | 75% of total trip fare | Minimal or no refund depending on trip value |
No-show (car deployed, client absent) | 100% of total trip fare | No refund. Full fare payable. |
Cancellation by Tejas Travels (breakdown, force majeure) | NIL — No charge | 100% refunded within 2 working days OR substitute vehicle offered |
Special Cancellation Conditions for Bangalore Car Hire
- Weddings: Bangalore wedding hire: Minimum 7-day notice for full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of wedding date are non-refundable.
- Luxury Cars: Luxury vehicles (Rolls-Royce, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes S-Class): Minimum 5-day notice for full refund due to limited Bangalore fleet and wedding season demand.
- Peak Dates: New Year, Diwali, and Bangalore long-weekends: Minimum 48-hour notice for full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
- Force Majeure: Bangalore bandhs / force majeure (traffic disruptions, road closures): 100% refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
- Modifications: Modifications (date change, vehicle upgrade, route additions) with more than 24 hours notice: Accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
How to Cancel: Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation within 2 hours. Refund to original payment method within stated timelines.
Refund Policy — Car Hire for Rent in Bangalore
All refunds processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund unless advance was paid in cash.
Refund Scenario | Refund Amount | Processing Timeline |
|---|---|---|
Cancellation 72+ hrs before departure | 100% of advance paid | 5-7 working days to original payment instrument |
Cancellation 48-72 hrs before departure | Advance minus 10% charge | 5-7 working days |
Cancellation 24-48 hrs before departure | Advance minus 25% charge | 5-7 working days |
Cancellation 12-24 hrs before departure | Advance minus 50% charge | 7-10 working days |
Cancellation by Tejas Travels | 100% of advance paid | 2 working days — priority processing |
Trip shortfall: actual km less than minimum | Proportional credit on excess | Settled at trip end |
Billing error / overcharge | Full overcharged amount | 2-3 working days after verification |
Duplicate payment | Full duplicate amount | 2-3 working days after confirmation |
Refund by Payment Method
- UPI: UPI (GPay, PhonePe, Paytm): Refund to UPI-linked bank account within 3-5 working days.
- Card: Credit/Debit Card: Refund to originating card within 5-7 working days.
- Bank: Bank Transfer: Refund to originating account within 3-5 working days. Account re-confirmed before processing.
- Cash: Cash: Cash refund at Tejas Travels Bangalore office or via IMPS within 5 working days.
Refund Contact: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with booking reference, advance receipt, and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
Book Your Bangalore to Venur Cab Today
Whether you are working through the monolithic Bahubali statues of Karnataka in sequence, taking in the Jain heritage of Tulu Nadu, or simply want to stand in front of a four-hundred-year-old figure with nobody else there, Tejas Tours and Travels has the vehicles, the drivers and the route knowledge to plan it properly - including the honest advice that Venur belongs in a circuit rather than on its own. Our bangalore to venur cab service is priced transparently, quoted in writing within two hours, and confirmed with a 20 percent advance.
Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Share your travel dates, pickup area and which of the Bahubali sites you want to cover, and your written quote arrives within two hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Venur Cab
The bangalore to venur distance is around 325 km via NH 75 through Hassan and Chikmagalur, then Kottigehara, the Charmadi ghat, Ujire and Belthangady, with reported figures between 315 km and 345 km. A cab takes 7 to 8 hours with one halt. The route stays entirely within Karnataka. The Charmadi descent is the slow part and is best crossed in daylight.
Honestly, no - and we would rather say so. Venur is a village with one remarkable statue, a group of small basadis and the remains of a minor court, and it takes a morning. What it is worth is inclusion: it sits between Dharmasthala and Moodabidri on the Charmadi road, costs half an hour of driving to add, and is the only one of the Karnataka Bahubali monoliths you are likely to see with nobody else there. As part of a circuit it is excellent. As a destination it is thin.
Karnataka has five monolithic Bahubali statues, each carved from a single granite block: Shravanabelagola at fifty-seven feet from around 981 CE, Karkala at forty-two from 1432, Venur at thirty-five from 1604, Dharmasthala at thirty-nine from 1973, and Gommatagiri near Mysore. Four sit on or near the Charmadi road from Bangalore, which makes a three-day journey through six centuries of one tradition. Our Moodabidri page carries the full itinerary.
Essentially not. It is a village and there is no visitor accommodation to speak of. Groups stay at Dharmasthala or Ujire twenty kilometres away, at Moodabidri twenty-five, or at Mangalore fifty-five, and come across for the morning - which is how we plan every Venur booking. Dharmasthala in particular has extensive temple-run accommodation, though that is arranged directly with the temple rather than through us.
A sedan starts at Rs 8,000 for a one-way drop, though in practice almost every Venur booking is part of a two or three-day circuit quoted on plan and vehicle. Every quote itemizes base fare, driver allowance, toll estimate and GST separately, and circuit quotes carry a stated allowance for the secondary-road running between the sites. No interstate permit arises on this route.
A 20 percent advance on the total fare confirms your booking and holds the specific vehicle for your dates. The advance receipt is issued within 30 minutes, and your confirmation includes the driver name, mobile number, vehicle registration, departure time and the full billing breakdown in writing. For a Mahamastakabhisheka period at Venur or any of the other monolith sites, book well ahead - accommodation across this district is limited even normally.
No. Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance. Our vehicles carry the statutory motor insurance required under law and our drivers hold valid commercial licences, but passengers wanting personal travel cover should arrange it independently. For school and study groups doing the Bahubali circuit, a group policy is usually inexpensive and is often required by the institution.
October to March. The southwest monsoon from June to September brings extremely heavy rain to this district and the Charmadi ghat has a history of landslips and closures in bad years - our drivers check the position before departure and the Shiradi crossing via Mangalore is the alternative. November to February is the most comfortable, and the statue stands in an open enclosure with no shade, so an early morning visit is better than a midday one at any time of year.