Mysore to Thanjavur Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Brihadeeswarar Temple
The Big Temple; keep two hours, more at sunset. The cab parks close by.
Thanjavur Palace and Saraswathi Mahal Library
Closed on some days; check before. The cab parks close by.
Schwartz Church
Quick in a car. An old church near the palace.
Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple
Keep two hours; do it on the return. The driver waits near the entry.
Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram
The driver waits near the entry. Chola temple near Kumbakonam, about 35 km away.
Distance
415 km
From Mysore
Time
About 8.5 to 9 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Erode and Trichy
Starting from
₹ 12000
3 days, 900 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹10,826 ₹13,036
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹12,572 ₹15,150
+ ₹2200 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹16,114 ₹19,429
+ ₹2829 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹17,860 ₹21,543
+ ₹3143 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,098 ₹27,886
+ ₹4086 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
60 km
145 km
215 km
280 km
360 km
415 km
Pickup at your door
At 5 am the cab is at your house or your hotel near the zoo or the palace, and the four of you are on the road before the city wakes. If you plan to buy Mysore pak or silk for relatives in Thanjavur, do it the evening before, because Mysore's shops and most eateries close before 10 pm and nothing is open at dawn. The car heads south by Nanjangud, crosses to Chamarajanagar and reaches Thanjavur, about 415 km away, by the evening in one day.
Breakfast
Your first meal of the Chola country trip is still in Karnataka, at Chamarajanagar, sixty km south of home. A family of four is in and out of a tiffin room near the bus stand in twenty minutes, with idli, crisp vada and filter coffee. Spot the gopura over the rooftops; that is the Chamarajeshwara temple, which a Mysore king, Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, began in 1825. Fill up with petrol or diesel before leaving, since the Hasanur forest road has no pump.
Tea in town
The Dhimbam ghat drops the cab through 27 hairpins to Bannari, and Sathyamangalam, 145 km from Mysore, follows soon after. Ten minutes of tea is plenty. The forest you came through is a tiger reserve of roughly 1,408 sq km, the biggest sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, and the driver does not stop inside it. From here on, the hills are behind you; the rest of the day is the Kaveri country of Tamil Nadu, flat and green, all the way to Thanjavur.
Quick halt
By mid morning the cab is at Erode, 215 km out, and pauses ten minutes near the NH544 bypass. The city lives on turmeric, cloth and coconut oil, and its tea stalls and tiffin rooms are cheap. Thindal Murugan temple sits on a low hill about 6 km from the centre, a quick darshan for a devout family. Erode stands on the Kaveri, the same river whose delta you will reach at Thanjavur tonight. Lunch is planned at Karur, about an hour south.
Lunch
Somewhere near one in the afternoon the car rolls into Karur, 280 km along, and the family eats a forty minute lunch at a highway hotel. This is a working town, busy with coach builders and dye houses, and its cotton towels make a practical buy. Nerur, a village close by, is sacred to many families for Sadasiva Brahmendral's Adhishtanam; save it for the drive back to Mysore. After lunch the cab tracks the Kaveri eastwards into the rice country towards Trichy.
Rockfort tea
Tea at Trichy, 360 km out, comes with a view of the Rockfort, a granite rock about 83 m tall rising straight out of the city. Climbing its 344 rock cut steps to the Ucchi Pillayar shrine takes well over an hour, so most families keep it for the way home. If you cook at home, pick up a bag of polished Ponni rice, which comes from the mills at Manachanallur. The airport lies about 5 km from Trichy. Thanjavur is roughly 55 km further on.
Hotel drop
Around 8.5 to 9 hours after leaving Mysore, the cab pulls up at your Thanjavur hotel, often called Tanjore by visitors. Evening food is plain South Indian; tomorrow's lunch may well come on a banana leaf. Shoppers will want the thalaiyatti bommai, the nodding dancing doll, and a Tanjore painting worked in gold leaf. Anyone continuing by bus will find the new bus stand near Raja Serfoji College. Winter, November to February, is the kindest season for walking the town.
Booking a Mysore to Thanjavur cab for four people and the Big Temple? By car about eight hours, with lunch near Karur. Some call it the Mysore to Thanjavur taxi; it is the same car with a driver. It comes from our cab rental in Mysore fleet, running since 2009. Pickup anywhere in Mysuru: your house in Mysore or the railway station.
Route | One way | Thanjavur and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Thanjavur via Chamarajanagar, Erode and Trichy | About 415 km | About 830 km | About 8.5 to 9 hr with stops |
The return run to Thanjavur means roughly 830 km driven and 900 km billed for three days. For example, the Innova Crysta at ₹20/km comes to ₹19,200. Driver allowance ₹400 a day, parking, tolls, permits and GST at actual. Fuel, driver and AC are in the rate. No non-AC cars; all are AC. Need a Mysore to Thanjavur one way taxi? One way is on request.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | |
₹14 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | |
₹18 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | |
₹20 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 |
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, 4 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹3,660 a person.
Up to 4 people: Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. 8 to 12 people? See the Mysore to Thanjavur tempo traveller; it costs less than two cars.
Group too big for one car? See the Mysore to Thanjavur Force Urbania. A smoother ride for seniors is the Mysore to Thanjavur 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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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
Tanjore, as many call Thanjavur, is around 415 km from Mysore; with the return the cab drives about 830 km. Leaving Karnataka through the Hasanur forest, the car drops down the Dhimbam ghat and then follows the Kaveri country past Erode, Karur and Trichy. About 8.5 to 9 hours with meals gets you there by late afternoon.
A night bata applies when driving goes past 10 pm; we show it in the written quote. Per night it is ₹400.
No. Tolls, parking and permits are paid at cost, and GST is added on the bill.
Four people: Dzire or Etios. Six or seven, or four with big bags: Innova or Innova Crysta. See each car on cab rental in Mysore.
Yes. A Mysore to Thanjavur one way taxi is on request; you get the fare before booking.
Yes, if you prefer. Tell us when you book and we plan the halts.
It can slow the last part. The Kaveri delta around Thanjavur gets most of its rain from the northeast monsoon, October to January, and Trichy's heaviest months are October to December. Showers slow the highway and village traffic, though the roads stay open. We add an hour in those months. November to February is the most pleasant time to be in Thanjavur once you arrive.
Yes, with planned halts. The longest stretch without a stop is right after breakfast, about two hours through the Hasanur forest and down the 27 bends of the Dhimbam ghat, so a light meal and a window seat help. After Sathyamangalam we stop roughly every hour. Pack snacks, a change of clothes and something to play with, and the day passes easily.
