Mysore to Chidambaram Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Thillai Nataraja Temple
The car drops you at the entrance. Easy with four people. The evening puja is busy but worth it.
Thillai Kali Amman Temple
Gate drop by car. The driver waits nearby.
Pichavaram Mangroves
Mornings are cooler. A car makes this quick. Four people, one boat.
Sirkazhi
A quick town stop by car. Easy with four people.
Vaitheeswaran Koil
The car drops you at the entrance. The driver waits nearby.
Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Gate drop by car. A car makes this quick.
Distance
490 km
From Mysore
Time
About 10 to 10.5 hr
Via Maddur, Krishnagiri and Villupuram
Starting from
₹ 16000
4 days, 1,200 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹14,318 ₹17,264
+ ₹2514 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹16,646 ₹20,083
+ ₹2933 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹21,352 ₹25,771
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,680 ₹28,590
+ ₹4190 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹30,664 ₹37,048
+ ₹5448 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
65 km
185 km
235 km
345 km
410 km
490 km
Start from Mysore
The cab leaves at five from your home or hotel; at that hour the city is empty and the car is on the expressway within minutes. It is a long day, about nine hours to Chidambaram with breakfast, lunch and tea halts, so the early hour matters. When you get back, remember that most shops and restaurants in Mysore shut before ten at night, so plan any shopping for the daytime. Carry a dhoti or modest clothes for the temples, and sandals that slip off easily.
Breakfast
About an hour out, the car leaves the expressway at Maddur for breakfast on the old road. The famous Maddur vada, a crisp flat round of rice flour, semolina and onion, is said to have started with sellers on the town's railway platform. Twenty minutes is enough for four. Maddur is also a hub for tender coconut, and a cold one is the best drink before the long highway day ahead. Then back onto the six lane road.
Into Tamil Nadu
NICE Road brings the car to Hosur Road, and past the Attibele toll it crosses into Tamil Nadu. At the post near Hosur the driver pays the entry tax for the cab in a few minutes. Hosur is an industrial town on a high plateau, about 880 m, and the farms around it supply vegetables and roses to the city. A tea from a stall, and the car continues on NH44 towards Krishnagiri.
The junction
At Krishnagiri the car turns off the Salem highway onto NH77, the road that runs east through Tiruvannamalai. This is mango country; in summer the stalls by the junction are heaped with fruit, and bottled pulp is on sale all year. The old Vijayanagara fort sits on the hill above the town. Expect some slow stretches before the junction, because NH44 from Hosur is being widened to six lanes. The driver fills fuel here too.
Lunch and darshan
Tiruvannamalai, about 345 km out, is the lunch and darshan stop. The Arunachaleswarar temple covers some 10 hectares, and its eastern gopuram climbs eleven storeys; the lingam here stands for fire, one of the five elemental shrines of Shiva. A car can drop you near the gate. Simple vegetarian meals are served everywhere around the temple. Avoid full moon days, when the town is packed. Fifty minutes, then on to Villupuram.
Fuel and tea
Villupuram is a busy junction town with little to see, about 61 km on from Tiruvannamalai. It has one of the biggest railway junctions in the state, with five lines meeting, and the old Chennai to Trichy highway passes through. The car takes fuel here, and you can have tea and a parotta at the stalls. The air is humid now, close to the coast. Chidambaram is about 80 km on, a little under two hours.
Temple town drop
About 10 to 10.5 hours from Mysore by car, the cab drops you at the door of your hotel in Chidambaram. Temple town meals, simple and vegetarian, are easy to find near the centre. The town is crowded during the Natyanjali dance festival at the end of February and the Margazhi Thiruvadhirai festival in December or January, so book rooms early then. Tiruchirappalli airport is about 165 km away and Chennai airport about 215 km, if anyone flies on.
A darshan trip to the Nataraja temple? Here is how a Mysore to Chidambaram Cab trip goes, with stops, timing and car rates. The cab picks you up at the suburban bus stand or hotels around the palace. Book a Mysore to Chidambaram taxi. Chidambaram pickups are anywhere in Mysuru city. Chidambaram: a Dzire or Etios for four, an Innova Crysta for six or seven. All sizes are on cab rental in Mysore; we have run it since 2009.
Route | One way | Chidambaram and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Chidambaram via Maddur, Krishnagiri and Villupuram | About 490 km | About 980 km | About 10 to 10.5 hr with stops |
The cab covers around 980 km out and back, billed 4 days and 1,200 km. For Chidambaram the rate includes fuel, driver and AC. The driver allowance is ₹400 a day; tolls, parking, permits and GST are extra at actuals. A Mysore to Chidambaram one way taxi is quoted on request. Every extra day is another 300 km. Every one is AC.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | ₹24,000 | |
₹14 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | ₹27,600 | |
₹18 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | ₹34,800 | |
₹20 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 | ₹38,400 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹400 a night), tolls, parking, Tamil Nadu permit and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 5 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹4,570 a person.
Choose by head count and bags. 4 or fewer: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7 people, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. If you are 8 to 12, see the Mysore to Chidambaram tempo traveller.
Travelling with elders and more bags? See the Mysore to Chidambaram Urbania. Every car we run is on cab rental in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Chidambaram is about 490 km from Mysore, so about 980 km there and back. The cab takes the expressway past Maddur, NICE Road and Hosur Road, NH44 to Krishnagiri, NH77 to Tiruvannamalai, then the road through Villupuram. By car, plan on about nine hours with breakfast, lunch and tea halts.
If the Chidambaram car runs past 10 pm, the night bata is ₹400 a night.
Chidambaram with six and bags: an Innova Crysta. Chidambaram comes to ₹24,000 for 1,200 km at ₹20/km, and ₹1,600 allowance for the driver. All our cars are on cab rental in Mysore.
Around 5:00 am, so the long drive ends before dark. Since a car is faster than a bus or van, a late riser is not a problem.
On the 490 km road to Chidambaram, tolls, parking fees, permits and GST are added at cost.
Yes. Ask for a Mysore to Chidambaram one way cab quote with your date; you get the km and fare in writing.
December to February is pleasant, but Margazhi Thiruvadhirai in December or January and Natyanjali at the end of February bring big crowds, so book early. The northeast monsoon from October to December can make the coastal roads wet. April to June is hot and humid on this side of Tamil Nadu.
It is about nine hours, so we break it every two hours, at Maddur, Hosur, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram. Elders sit in front with a cushion and keep medicines at hand. If the day feels too long, we stop for the night at Tiruvannamalai and reach Chidambaram the next morning.
