Mysore to Tirunelveli Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Nellaiappar Temple
Our car drops you at the entrance. Easy with four people.
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45 minutes. The driver waits nearby. Gate drop by car.
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Carry a change of clothes. A car makes this quick. The car parks and you walk the rest.
Tiruchendur Murugan Temple
Queues are long on festival days. Gate drop by car. Easy with four people.
Distance
565 km
From Mysore
Time
About 12 to 12.5 hr
Via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Madurai
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
140 km
205 km
270 km
345 km
410 km
510 km
565 km
Pickup at your door
The driver rings at 5 am, wherever you are staying in Mysore, home, hotel or Mysore Junction. Relatives in Tirunelveli will expect Mysore pak, the ghee rich sweet made from gram flour, so pick up a box the evening before, as the sweet shops are closed at dawn. Out of the city the cab follows the Nanjangud road and turns off for Chamarajanagar. It is about 565 km to Tirunelveli, 12 to 12.5 hours on the road, and the early start puts the forest and the ghat in morning light.
Breakfast
About an hour and a half from Mysore, 60 km down the road, Chamarajanagar gives the family breakfast. Idli, vada and coffee near the bus stand take twenty minutes for four. The Chamarajeshwara temple, built from 1825 by the Mysore king Krishnaraja Wodeyar III for his late father, lifts its gopura over the town centre, a five minute look from the car. Top up the tank here, since the road to Hasanur and down the ghat has no pump. Tirunelveli is still about 505 km away.
Tea in town
Down the 27 bends of the Dhimbam ghat and past Bannari, the car reaches Sathyamangalam, 140 km from Mysore. Ten minutes covers tea and the restroom. The town sits on the Bhavani, and Bhavanisagar dam, an earth dam opened in 1956, is about 16 km west; it is not on our road. This is Tamil Nadu farm country now, paddy on both banks. The car leaves the forest behind and heads for Erode, about 65 km away by Gobichettipalayam.
Tea on the bypass
Erode, 205 km out, is a ten minute coffee halt. The driver uses the NH544 bypass rather than the busy centre. Thindal Murugan temple stands about 6 km from the middle of the city, a short darshan if the family is in no hurry. The local snack shops serve dosa and parotta for very little. Erode turmeric, dried and packed, is the buy. Tirunelveli is still 360 km ahead, so the stop stays short.
Halfway
Karur comes at 270 km, close to halfway, and the cab pauses fifteen minutes for a stretch and a cold drink. On the far side of town, Nerur village has the Kashi Vishwanatha temple and the Adhishtanam of Sadasiva Brahmendral, a stop some families make on the way back. Karur's mills dye and weave cotton, and coach workshops line the road. Lunch is at Dindigul, 75 km south on NH44. The air is dry and warm here most of the year.
Biryani lunch
Lunch is in Dindigul, 345 km from Mysore, and Dindigul biryani, cooked in its own style, is what the town is known for across Tamil Nadu. For vegetarians, rice with sambar and rasam is the everyday meal. Forty minutes is enough. Look up from the road at the rock fort, about 900 ft above the town. Sungudi and silk sarees are sold in the shops for anyone buying on the way back. Madurai is about 65 km ahead, Tirunelveli 220 km.
Evening tea
Madurai, 410 km out, is a twenty minute tea halt for the car. Try jigarthanda, the cold milk drink the city made famous. A family can also choose to sleep here and see the Meenakshi temple, which stays open until about 10 pm. If you drive on, the car leaves by NH44 south towards Virudhunagar and Kovilpatti, a good highway, and reaches Tirunelveli in about 12 to 12.5 hours. Fill the tank in Madurai before the last stretch.
Peanut candy
Ten minutes in Kovilpatti, on NH44 after 510 km, is just enough to buy kadalai mittai, the crunchy peanut and jaggery bar that gives this town its GI tag; it keeps everyone going for the last hour. Two bus stations and a railway station make the centre busy, so the driver stops on the highway edge. Off to the side, on the road to Sankarankovil, Kalugumalai rises as a rounded rock with two temples cut into it. Tirunelveli is roughly 55 km on.
Hotel drop
Late in the afternoon, roughly 12 to 12.5 hours after leaving home, the car reaches Tirunelveli, also known as Nellai, and the driver takes you to your hotel or your relatives' house. The Thamirabarani river flows through the city and supplies its water. Before you leave town, buy Tirunelveli halwa, a rich sweet of wheat, sugar and ghee. From March to June the heat is fierce, with May near 38 deg C, so plan outings early. For a flight home, Tuticorin airport is about 22 km east.
Four to seven people for Tirunelveli? This page has the Mysore to Tirunelveli Cab route, the stops on the way and the fare per car. The other name for Tirunelveli is Nellai. Tejas Tours & Travels has offered cab rental in Mysore since 2009. Any address in Mysuru works for pickup. The cab collects you at the airport at Mandakalli or hotels around the palace, or from your door, in a sedan or an Innova Crysta. Ask for a Mysore to Tirunelveli taxi for the family.
Route | One way | Tirunelveli and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Tirunelveli via Chamarajanagar, Karur and Madurai | About 565 km | About 1,130 km | About 12 to 12.5 hr with stops |
The cab covers about 1,130 km out and back, billed 4 days and 1,200 km. The rate has fuel, the driver and AC in it. A Mysore to Tirunelveli one way taxi is quoted on request. Each added day bills 300 km more. All AC. For Tirunelveli, the driver bata is ₹400 per day; tolls, parking, the Tamil Nadu permit and GST are extra at actual.
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.
Pick the car by people and bags. For up to 4: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7 people, or four with big bags: Innova Crysta. If you are 8 to 12, see the Mysore to Tirunelveli tempo traveller.
Travelling with elders and more bags? See the Mysore to Tirunelveli Urbania. All our cars are 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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5/5
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Tirunelveli is roughly 565 km from Mysore, or about 1,130 km if the car does the return. The road goes through the forest and the Dhimbam ghat to Sathyamangalam, then by Erode, Karur and Dindigul to Madurai, and down NH44 past Kovilpatti. A cab needs about 12 to 12.5 hours with meals and tea, so a 5 am start puts you in Tirunelveli by late afternoon.
Late night driving adds a night allowance for the driver. The quote lists it. For the cab: ₹400 a night.
Yes. Ask for a Mysore to Tirunelveli one way cab quote with your date; you get the km and the fare on paper.
An Innova Crysta; six people and bags fit. Here it works out to ₹24,000 for 1,200 km at ₹20/km, plus ₹1,600 allowance for the driver. Every car we run is on cab rental in Mysore.
Around 5:00 am, so the forest and ghat stretches are done in daylight. A car is quicker than the bigger vehicles, so the driver can also wait for a late riser.
They are extra. Tolls, parking and permits are paid at cost, and GST is added on the bill.
Yes, the Kundam festival at the Bannari Amman temple. The temple stands at the foot of the Dhimbam ghat, right on our road, and in the Tamil month of Panguni, March to April, lakhs of devotees arrive. On those days the road near Bannari moves slowly. We check the date before your trip and plan to pass early in the morning.
About every hour or two. After breakfast at Chamarajanagar, the forest and the ghat take roughly two hours without a good stop, so elders should use the restroom before that. After Sathyamangalam we halt at Erode, Karur, Dindigul for lunch and Madurai. If the day feels long, the family can sleep in Madurai and finish the last 155 km next morning.
