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Dhanushkodi Old Town
Keep an hour.
Arichal Munai
Plan forty minutes.
Kothandaramaswamy Temple
Plan thirty minutes; parking is easy for a car.
Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
About three hours; the car waits close.
Pamban Bridge
About twenty minutes by car.
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial
The car goes right up; an hour.
Distance
600 km
From Mysore
Time
About 14 to 14.5 hr
Via Sathyamangalam, Madurai and Rameswaram
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)
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Leaving Mysore
Dhanushkodi, at the very tip of Rameswaram island, is about 600 km from Mysore, the longest run on our Tamil Nadu list. The cab collects you at 5:30 am from home or a hotel. In a car it can be done in one long day of about eleven hours at the wheel, but many families sleep a night in Madurai instead. Before you leave Mysore, a box of Mysore pak, the ghee sweet of the city, makes a good gift for anyone you visit on the way. The car takes NH766 to Nanjangud first.
Morning tea
The first halt is ten minutes at Chamarajanagar, about 60 km out, for tea, fuel and the restroom; breakfast waits until the plains. Chamarajanagar runs Karnataka's southernmost district, and banana and turmeric fields come right up to the town. The Suvarnavathi dam, about 16 km away, is for another trip. After this the car passes through the forest by Hasanur, crosses into Tamil Nadu and winds down the Dhimbam bends, a stretch where nobody stops.
Morning tiffin
Sathyamangalam is breakfast, about 140 km into the day, just past the Bannari Amman temple at the foot of the ghat. Twenty minutes for idli or pongal at a highway hotel. For Dhanushkodi the cab does not take the Coimbatore highway but SH15, the old road through Gobichettipalayam to Erode, about 65 km, past canals and paddy fed by the Bhavani. Fuel is topped up here if needed. Paddy and banana run right up to the road on this stretch.
Tea break
Erode, on the Kaveri, is one of the biggest turmeric markets in the state and a textile town for handloom and knitwear. A car can take a ten minute tea halt by the bypass, and if anyone wants turmeric or handloom towels, the shops are on the town roads just off it. Bhavani, about 12 km away, where the Kaveri and Bhavani rivers meet at the Sangameswarar temple, is a famous stop for pilgrims on a slower trip. Karur is about 65 km on.
Lunch
Karur is the lunch halt, about 270 km from Mysore. The town stands where the Amaravathi meets the Kaveri, and it is one of India's big centres for building bus bodies, so you will see half finished coaches by the road. The Pasupatheeswarar temple is the main shrine in town. Half an hour for lunch. Karur lies in the rain shadow and is very hot from April to June, so refill cold water. NH44 then runs south to Dindigul.
Tea
Dindigul is a ten minute tea halt about 75 km past Karur. The town's name is known across India for its locks, which carry a GI tag, and across Tamil Nadu for Dindigul biryani. Its rock fort stands on a hill right above the roads. A car can stop at the market for fruit; the area grows oranges, pineapple and guava. Madurai is about 65 km on NH44, and the cab may stop the night there if the day has been long.
Tea, or the night
Madurai is about 410 km from Mysore, a natural place to break the trip for a night if you prefer two days. Otherwise it is a 15 minute tea halt, and jigarthanda, the cold drink Madurai is famous for, is the thing to try. The Meenakshi temple, with its 14 gopurams, opens from about 5 am to 12:30 pm and from 4 pm to 10 pm, so an evening darshan fits a night halt here. From Madurai the cab heads east towards the coast.
Short tea halt
Ramanathapuram is a short tea halt on the Madurai to Rameswaram highway, about 55 km before the island town. The district grows the round Ramnad mundu chilli, and roadside stalls sell palm jaggery and nungu in season. The Ramalinga Vilasam palace of the Sethupathi Rajas is in town, a short detour for a car. Old pilgrim towns such as Thiruppullani lie close by. The land turns flat and sandy here, a sign the sea is near.
Short halt
Once across to the island, the cab reaches Rameswaram, the main town, about 580 km from Mysore. A short halt here, or your night stay if you plan to see the island tomorrow; most hotels are in this town. Fishing boats crowd the harbour, and Gandhamadhana Parvatham, a small hill, gives a view over the whole island. NH87 continues from here to Dhanushkodi, about 20 km, so the last stretch is short and flat. Agree any guide fee before you accept help near the temple.
End of the land
Dhanushkodi is where NH87 ends, at the south eastern tip of Rameswaram island, about 24 km across the sea from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The new road here opened in 2016, replacing the old one lost in 1964. The cab parks where the police allow, and you walk the last part. There are no real shops or shade, so carry water, caps and sunscreen. The area is linked with the Ram Setu legend and is very windy. After the visit the cab takes you back to Rameswaram for the night.
Booking a Mysore to Dhanushkodi cab for a small family for Rameswaram and the end of the land? Dhanushkodi is roughly 600 km away, via Sathyamangalam, Madurai and Ramanathapuram. The car to Dhanushkodi comes for you at a hotel on JLB Road or Mandakalli airport. Our Mysore to Dhanushkodi taxi comes from cab rental in Mysore, with drivers who know this road.
Route | One way | Dhanushkodi and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Dhanushkodi via Sathyamangalam, Madurai and Rameswaram | About 600 km | About 1,200 km | About 14 to 14.5 hr with stops |
For roughly 1,200 km of driving we bill 4 days, which is 1,200 km at 300 km a day. Air conditioned, always. Extra: ₹400 a day to the driver, and tolls, parking, permits and GST at cost. Mysore to Dhanushkodi one way taxi: one way on request, quoted with the km in writing. For Dhanushkodi, fuel, driver and AC are included per km.
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.
Four travellers: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. Five to seven people: Innova Crysta. Groups of 7 to 12 should look at the Mysore to Dhanushkodi tempo traveller.
A group of ten with seniors wanting more comfort? Look at the Mysore to Dhanushkodi Force Urbania or Force Urbania on rent in Mysore. A party of twenty fits the Mysore to Dhanushkodi mini bus.
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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Souvik Bhattacharya
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Booked cab from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Dhanushkodi is about 600 km from Mysore by road, about 1,200 km there and back. The cab goes by Chamarajanagar, the Dhimbam ghat, Sathyamangalam, Erode, Karur, Dindigul and Madurai, then by Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram to the tip of the island. Plan about 14 to 14.5 hours of driving, ideally split with a night in Madurai.
Yes, that works. Send the date and pickup point, and the one way quote comes in writing.
An Innova Crysta. Six people and their bags fit. See each car on cab rental in Mysore.
Only if we drive late into the night is a night allowance added. You see it in the quote first. Night bata: ₹400.
Yes. The driver waits wherever you stop; local km are charged at the same rate.
No. Plus the Tamil Nadu entry permit for the car. Tolls, parking and GST are extra on every cab trip.
Dhanushkodi and Rameswaram island lie in a cyclone prone, strong wind zone, and the northeast monsoon brings rain to this coast from October to December. On stormy days the police may close the road to the tip of the island. Check the weather the day before. In summer the coast is very hot and the beach has no shade, so mornings are best.
For most families, yes. Mysore to Madurai is about 410 km and Madurai to Dhanushkodi about 190 km, so a night in Madurai turns one exhausting day into two comfortable ones and leaves the evening for the Meenakshi temple. The cab never drives the Dhimbam forest at night, so on the return leave early enough to cross it in daylight.
