Transportation Information

If you are scheduled to travel to the town of Kodaikanal in your next holiday then the first aspect that will draw your notice is how to reach Kodaikanal. Actually transportation access to Kodaikanal is excellently interwoven, thereby making reaching Kodaikanal quite easy. The convenience of different kinds of transportation will make your trip obstacle free, thus making reaching Kodaikanal easy. Following are the various choices for you to arrive at Kodaikanal.

Nearest Airports:
Coimbatore 180 km 5 hrs drive
Madurai 120 km 4 hrs drive

Kodaikanal - By Road

Kodaikanal - By Road (Approximate Distance by Road)
Road Distance from Kodaikanal  


Madurai              120 Kms

Coimbatore         170 Kms  

Dindigul                  90 Kms 

Trichy                   195 Kms 

Chennai                520 Kms

Bangalore             500 Kms 

Palani                       80 Kms 

Cochin                    330 Kms 

Ooty                      260 Kms 

Kanniyakumai     370 Kms 

Courtlam             271 Kms 

Chidambaram      354Kms

Coonoor                223 Kms 

Guruvayur            224 Kms

Hogenakal           358 Kms 

Hydrabad          1013 Kms 

Kancheepuram  430 Kms 

Mamallapuram 451 Kms  

Mudumalai       293 Kms 

Mysore             312 Kms 

Nagore              421Kms

Pichavaram   374Kms 

Point Calimere  335Kms 

Poompuhar     387Kms

Pondycherry  358Kms 

Rameswaram 278Kms 

Salem               245Kms

Sittannavasal 183Kms

Thanjavur  341Kms

Thekkady  147Kms 

Tiruchandur 321Kms 

Trichy       160Kms 

Tirunaelveli 258Kms 

Tirupathy 540Kms

Tiruvannamalai  376Kms 

Tiruvandrum 366Kms 

Tuticorin          318Kms

Vedanthangal  392Kms 

Velankanni      430Kms 

Yercaud          277Kms

Kurinji Andavar Temple - KODAI

Kurinji Andavar Temple is dedicated to Lord Muruga who is considered to be the God of the Hills as per Tamil literature. In Tamil, Kurinji means 'hill region' and the word Andavar refers to 'God'. 

This temple is located at about 5 km from the bus station and the summer festival that is most anticipated event by the locals is celebrated in the month of May every year. Thousands of devotees visit this temple during the summer festival to seek the blessings of Lord Muruga. 

One can get a good view of Vaigai dam and Palani hills from the hill on which the temple is located.

Sai Sruthi Ashram - SAI BABA

Kodaikanal is flat where Swami's house is, there is one driveway to walk up (steep), then flat sitting area for darshan. If you were to stay in town at the Hilltop Hotel, Carlton Hotel or around the corner from Swami's place at the Sterling Hotel, then it is largely flat walking to Swami's darshan. The remainder of Kodaikanal is hills, hills, hills and incredibly narrow roads. A taxi to darshan is the usual practice if staying in one of these other Hotels. 

Swami's address in Kodaikanal: 

Bhagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba, 
Sai Sruthi,
Lake Road,

Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, 604101,

http://sathyasai.org/

http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/

KODAI Travel Guide

One of the main attractions for the tourists of Kodaikanal is the Kodai lake which is at a distance of 3kms from the bus stand. In 1863, Vera Levinge, a former District Collector of Madurai settled in Kodaikanal after his retirement. He was the man of resource and creative ideas for this lake. By spending his own money he converted the marshy land with several streams of lake by constructing a strong bund and brought boats from Tuticorin. It is reported that the foreign resident's even used to swim in the lake. 

The lake is situated at 10 deg 14' n latitude and 77 deg 28' longitude at an elevation of 2285m above sea level and it looks magnificent with star shaped glittering water, in the midst of evergreen lush slopes. The hills receive the rainfall during North-East Monsoon months of October, November and December. The lake is spread over 60 acres and surrounded by fine tarred road of 5 kms length, the maximum depth in 1962 was 11.5m but it is now about 9m due to siltation. The average depth is 3.0m. The boat club provides boats for hire. There are luxury boats also. The famous Carlton hotel is facing the lake and the hotel is having their our boats for their customers. 

Today lakhs of tourists walk around, sail on, ride on horses & cycles and admire the lake. Fishing can also be done obtaining permission from Inspector of Fisheries. Ponyrides by children and adults walking around the lake are part of Kodai Holiday.

The lake at Kodai is beautifully landscaped and it appears to be de rigueur for Indian families to get out on a boat. Both the Kodaikanal Boat and Rowing Club and Tamil Nadu Tourist Development Corporation hire similar boats for similar prices: Rs. 20 to 40 for a two-seater pedal boat to Rs. 125 (including boatman) for a kasmiri shikara (covered gondola - like boat) for 30 minutes.

KODAIKANAL

Kodaikanal is one of the most popular hill resorts in India. It is a charming hill station, stands amidst sylvan beauty on the southern crest of the upper Palani Hills near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. With its rocks, woods, lovely lake and bracing air, Kodaikanal is an ideal hill resort for the tourists.

Flora And Fauna Museum

The flora and fauna museum is a very educative tourist location in Kodaikanal and is popularly known as Shenbaganur Museum. This museum preserves fossils as well as wide varieties of the flora and fauna of this hilly region and has an orchidarium that has a collection of about 300 species of indigenous as well as exotic orchids. 

This museum is maintained by Sacred Heart College which is a Theological Seminary that was formed in the year 1895. It is about a distance of 5 km from the lake