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Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple
Drop at the lodge, walk to the temple. Morning darshan is calmer.
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Half an hour, in town.
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About 5 km. Sunset drive.
Distance
255 km
From Mysore
Time
About 6 to 6.5 hr
Via Gundlupet, Gudalur and Perinthalmanna
Starting from
₹ 8000
2 days, 600 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹7,334 ₹8,807
+ ₹1257 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹8,498 ₹10,217
+ ₹1467 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹10,876 ₹13,086
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹12,040 ₹14,495
+ ₹2095 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹15,532 ₹18,724
+ ₹2724 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
60 km
80 km
110 km
165 km
205 km
255 km
Pickup at your door
The car is outside your home, hotel or the station in Mysuru at six. It suits four in a sedan or up to seven in an Innova, with room for pooja items and a change of clothes for the temple. Friends at home expecting sweets? Buy the city's famous ghee fudge on the drive back rather than today. We leave south on the Nanjangud road. Guruvayur is 255 km away, about five and a half hours with three halts.
Breakfast and fuel
Gundlupet, 60 km out, gives the car its breakfast and fuel halt. Locals have two nicknames for their town, one for its flower fields and one for the tiger reserve whose edge lies only about 17 km away. Fifteen minutes is enough for a family to eat and refuel. From here the car takes NH 181 into the reserve, and the road will not offer another proper town until Gudalur, 50 km ahead.
Drive through
Bandipur lies between two rivers, the Kabini on its northern side and the Moyar along the south, and the highway runs through the heart of it. The car keeps moving, because halting inside has cost other drivers a fine. Spotted deer are almost certain, elephants likely on a quiet morning. The reserve shuts its road from nine at night to six in the morning, so the return from Guruvayur must be timed to reach this point well before nine.
Tea halt
Gudalur, 110 km from Mysore, is a ten minute tea stop and the turning point of the route. Instead of climbing to Ooty, the car heads south west down the Nadukani ghat at Vazhikkadavu towards Nilambur, about 48 km away in Kerala. The ghat has steady bends through forest and estate land, so let anyone who feels unwell take the front seat. Restrooms here are the last easy ones before lunch.
Lunch
Nilambur, 165 km out, is the lunch stop, a Kerala town on the Chaliyar river. About 2 km from town is Conolly's Plot, often called the oldest teak plantation in the world, planted in the 1840s and reached by a walk and a hanging bridge over the river. With a car you can add it for forty five minutes if the family enjoys a short walk. Otherwise, a thirty minute lunch and on towards Guruvayur, 90 km ahead.
Drive on
Perinthalmanna is a busy town on the Kerala plain, 205 km from Mysore and about 50 km short of Guruvayur. The car drives straight through unless someone needs a restroom; town traffic can be slow at peak hours, so we keep moving. This is a good moment to change into temple clothes if the plan is an evening darshan, because Guruvayur's dress code is strict and the lodge may be crowded on arrival.
Drop at your lodge
The car reaches Guruvayur about 6 to 6.5 hours after Mysore and drops you at your lodge; the streets right around the temple are for walking, so the driver parks nearby and stays close for the return. Temple rules are strict; gentlemen enter bare chested in a white or off white mundu, ladies in a sari, churidar or long skirt with blouse, and trousers or lungis are turned away. Thrissur is only about 26 km away if you plan to go on.
Need a Mysore to Guruvayur cab for darshan, a temple wedding or a visit home to Kerala? Our Mysore to Guruvayur taxi picks you up from your home, the Mysuru bus stand or a hotel, and drops you at your Guruvayur lodge. Book cab rental in Mysore through Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Guruvayur and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Guruvayur via Gudalur and Nilambur | About 255 km | About 510 km | About 6 to 6.5 hr with stops |
With one night at Guruvayur you cover roughly 510 km, and we bill it as two days, 600 km. Every one is AC. Fuel, AC and the driver are all in the km rate. A Mysore to Guruvayur one way taxi is on request, at ₹2 more per km than a return. Driver allowance is ₹400 a day for a sedan, and tolls, parking, permits and GST are charged at cost.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 2 days, 600 km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹8,000 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | |
₹14 | ₹9,200 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | |
₹18 | ₹11,600 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | |
₹20 | ₹12,800 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹400 a night), tolls, parking and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 3 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹2,740 a person.
Groups up to 4: Dzire or Toyota Etios. Five to seven of you: Innova Crysta. For 7 to 12 people, see the Mysore to Guruvayur tempo traveller.
Grandparents travelling? The Mysore to Guruvayur Force Urbania has more room. Big family: tempo traveller on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
So nice that the service we have received from Tejas travellers. Ms Revati is very good coordinator and so polite and have much patience. Thank you so much for making our journey nice and beautiful with sending experienced drivers.🙂
rahul
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
We (15 families) hired a bus from Tejas to one of the resort at Kanakpura. Interacted with Lakshmi madam and requested her to provide a good Cab . The bus reached at exact time for pickup, the bus was extremely good and looked a new one only. Thanks Tejas team and Lakshmi madam, it was a wonderful experience and I would definitely recommend to avail their services.
Souvik Bhattacharya
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
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
Count on about 255 km from Mysore to Guruvayur by car, or about 510 km with the return. 6 to 6.5 hours of driving, give or take, covers it with breakfast, tea and lunch. Bandipur forest comes first, then Gudalur, where the car turns away from Ooty and drops through the Nadukani churam to Nilambur and the Kerala plain. Bandipur is closed overnight.
Yes. The driver waits at the lodge or the town parking.
They are not. For two days and 600 km the car hire is Dzire ₹8,000 Etios ₹9,200 Innova ₹11,600 and Innova Crysta ₹12,800. On top come our driver bata, Kerala entry tax, tolls, parking and GST.
Innova Crysta. All cars on cab rental in Mysore.
Leave Guruvayur by noon and you are past Bandipur well before its 9 pm gate. A car still on the road late at night means our driver night bata on our card. For the cab: ₹400 a night.
Yes. Tell us the date and we quote the drop on paper; one way runs ₹2 per km over the return rate.
Usually, with care. Kerala's south west monsoon runs from June to September, and the retreating rains continue into November. The ghat between Gudalur and Nilambur gets heavy rain, and landslips have closed Nilgiri roads for short spells. In those months we check the road the day before and start early so the drive stays in daylight.
No. The Bandipur forest highway closes from 9 pm to 6 am, so a night drive would stop at the gate for hours. Guruvayur to Bandipur takes about four and a half hours, so a same day return should leave Guruvayur by mid morning, or you can stay the night and leave after an early darshan.
