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Adi Kumbeswarar Temple
Quick in a car. The main Shiva temple in town.
Sarangapani Temple
Quick in a car. Big Vishnu temple with a tall gopuram.
Mahamaham Tank
Crowded during the Mahamaham festival. The driver waits near the entry.
Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram
Quick in a car. Carved Chola temple about 4 km away.
Swamimalai Temple
Quick in a car. Steps up to the shrine.
Distance
455 km
From Mysore
Time
About 9.5 to 10 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Thanjavur
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
60 km
145 km
210 km
280 km
360 km
415 km
455 km
Pickup at your door
Five in the morning, and the cab is waiting outside your house, a palace side hotel or Mysore Junction. If you live out towards Hunsur Road or the KRS road, the driver slips onto the ring road, a 41.5 km loop around Mysore that joins the Nanjangud road, and you never see the city traffic. Then it is south and across to Chamarajanagar. By car, Kumbakonam in the Kaveri delta is a single long day, roughly 455 km, with the Big Temple at Thanjavur as an evening treat.
Breakfast
By half past six the cab is in Chamarajanagar, 60 km out, and the family has a quick twenty minute breakfast of idli, vada and filter coffee close to the bus stand. The town's landmark is the Chamarajeshwara temple, whose tall gopura Krishnaraja Wodeyar III began in 1825 for his late father. Get fuel before going any further, because the forest road through Hasanur and down the ghat has no pump. Kumbakonam still lies some 395 km ahead.
Tea in town
Twenty seven hairpins carry the cab down the Dhimbam ghat to Bannari, and soon after comes Sathyamangalam, 145 km from home. A ten minute tea is enough here. The forest behind you, about 1,408 sq km, is Tamil Nadu's largest wildlife sanctuary, home to tigers and elephants, and the driver keeps going until town. From now on the drive follows river country, first the Bhavani, later the Kaveri, all the way into the delta.
Quick halt
The cab stops ten minutes at Erode, 210 km out, close to the NH544 bypass. Erode is a market for turmeric, cloth and coconut oil, and its tiffin shops serve dosa and parotta for very little. Families who like a hilltop darshan can visit Thindal Murugan temple, about 6 km from the centre. Erode also sits on the Kaveri, the river whose delta you will reach in the evening. Lunch is planned at Karur, about 70 km on.
Lunch
Plan on lunch at Karur after 280 km, around forty minutes in a roadside hotel. Karur is a hard working town; garages there assemble bus bodies for half the country, and dyeing units colour cotton for its mills, so cheap towels are easy to find. Devout families sometimes detour to Nerur, a nearby village where Sadasiva Brahmendral's Adhishtanam stands beside a Kashi Vishwanatha shrine; it is better kept for the homeward run. After eating, the cab follows the Kaveri eastward, through green rice country.
Tea
Tea time comes at Trichy, 360 km from home. North of the city, on an island where the Kaveri splits from the Kollidam, stands Srirangam, about 12 km away; its Ranganathaswamy temple, with 21 gopurams over some 155 acres, is often called the biggest functioning Hindu temple anywhere. Give it half a day on the return rather than rushing it now. The city's airport is only about 5 km out, handy for anyone flying home. Thanjavur lies roughly 55 km east.
Big Temple stop
Thanjavur, 415 km out, is a good optional stop of forty five minutes for the Brihadeeswarar temple, the Big Temple, which is free to enter. Raja Raja Chola completed it in 1010 CE, its vimana rises about 63.4 m, and it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The Nandi in the courtyard is carved from a single granite rock of about 25 tonnes. Evening light makes the stone glow. Kumbakonam is about 40 km further.
Hotel drop
Some eight and a half hours after leaving home, the cab drops you at your Kumbakonam hotel. Order a Kumbakonam filter coffee as soon as you arrive; it is thick, strong and the pride of the town. Shoppers can look for silk sarees, which the town supplies in large numbers, and brass pooja vessels, with the tall kuthuvilakku lamps made at Nachiyar Kovil close by. Betel leaf is another local speciality. If you fly home from Trichy, the airport there is about 90 km back.
Booking a Mysore to Kumbakonam cab for four people and the temples around town? A car moves fastest between the small village temples. We have run cab rental in Mysore since 2009. Some call it the Mysore to Kumbakonam taxi; it is the same car with a driver. We pick you up in Mysuru at hotels near Mysore Palace or Mysore railway station.
Route | One way | Kumbakonam and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Kumbakonam via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Thanjavur | About 455 km | About 910 km | About 9.5 to 10 hr with stops |
Kumbakonam and back from Mysore covers roughly 910 km; at 300 km per day for four days, you pay for 1200 km. Mysore to Kumbakonam one way taxi fares are on request. The rate has fuel, the driver and AC in it. Take the Innova Crysta: ₹20/km, so ₹25,600. On top: ₹400 daily allowance for the driver, toll and parking slips at actual, permits and GST. Our cars all run with 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.
For up to 4: Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. If you are 8 to 12, see the Mysore to Kumbakonam tempo traveller; it costs less than two cars.
Group too big for one car? See the Mysore to Kumbakonam Force Urbania. A smoother ride for elders is the Mysore to Kumbakonam mini bus. More cars: 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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Souvik Bhattacharya
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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Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Kumbakonam is about 455 km from Mysore by road, close to 910 km with the return. The car goes over the Dhimbam ghat, follows the Kaveri through Karur and Trichy, and can pause at the Big Temple in Thanjavur before the last 40 km. Around 9.5 to 10 hours with meals makes it a long single day.
Yes. A Mysore to Kumbakonam one way taxi is on request; we send the fare before booking.
Four people: Dzire or Etios. All our cars are on cab rental in Mysore. Six or seven, or four with lots of luggage: Innova or Innova Crysta.
Late driving after 10 pm carries a night allowance, listed in the quote ahead of booking. ₹400 a night is the cab rate.
Yes, in about two days from a base in Kumbakonam.
No, they are separate. Toll and parking receipts are added at actual, and GST goes on the final bill.
Now and then. When the Kaveri water dispute flares up, protests or a bandh can close parts of Mysore, and cars heading into Tamil Nadu may be held at the city exits. Our office checks the news the night before. If trouble is expected, we call you and move the start time or the date.
Yes, if we plan the halts. The longest gap is just after breakfast, about two hours through the Hasanur forest and down the Dhimbam bends, so give children a light meal and a window seat. After that we stop about every hour, and the Big Temple at Thanjavur makes a good break for running around the courtyard. Carry snacks and a spare set of clothes.
