Pilgrimage & Yatra
Pilgrimage and yatra travel from Bangalore, by group size
A temple trip is planned differently from a holiday. The group is usually larger, often spans three generations, and the day is shaped by darshan timings rather than by checkout time. Someone has to work out whether the whole family fits in one vehicle, whether the temple road takes a seventeen-seater, and what each person owes at the end. These pages answer those three questions for the yatras most often booked out of Bangalore. Every page gives the darshan window, the dress code, whether the approach road takes a Tempo Traveller or needs something smaller, and the cost per head at your actual group size.
Trips in this category
Tirupati Yatra
Tirupati is the most-booked group trip out of Bangalore, and the one most often planned badly. The mistake is treating it as a 250 km drive.…
Dharmasthala & Kukke Subramanya Yatra Vehicle
Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya are usually done together, and they are usually done wrong in one day. The two temples are 60 km apart on hill…
Sringeri & Horanadu Yatra
The Sringeri circuit is the most scenic yatra out of Bangalore and the one where the vehicle choice matters most. The route climbs through Chikmagalur coffee…
Shirdi Yatra
Shirdi by road from Bangalore is 840 km each way, and it is the one trip on this site where we will argue with the itinerary…
Kollur Mookambika & Udupi Yatra Vehicle
Kollur is 400 km from Bangalore and there are two ways to get there, which is the first decision to make. The inland route through Shivamogga…
Melukote & Shravanabelagola Day Tour
This is the rare yatra out of Bangalore that genuinely fits in a day, and the one we recommend to groups doing their first temple trip…
Which vehicle for this kind of trip
Ertiga
The smallest vehicle on this site, and the entry point for group travel. Below six people a sedan is cheaper; at six the Ertiga is the only vehicle where nobody sits sideways.
Tempo Traveller 12
The best cost per person of anything on this site. If the group is eight or more and the budget matters more than recliner seats, this is the answer.
Tempo Traveller 17
The workhorse for temple groups and school excursions. Seventeen seats at the lowest per-head cost available anywhere in the fleet.
Urbania 13
The most-booked Urbania. Thirteen recliners, standing headroom and a real boot — the default choice for corporate offsites and wedding-party transport.
Urbania 17
Maximum seats without moving to a bus. Seventeen recliners for large corporate groups and wedding convoys that must stay together in one vehicle.
Mini Bus
For groups above seventeen, where splitting into two Tempo Travellers costs more and separates the party.
Before you book
Two practical notes that apply to every yatra on this list. First, temple timings shift for festivals, Rahukalam and special sevas, so confirm the darshan window for your date before fixing a departure time. Second, most temple towns have a vehicle parking area some distance from the sanctum, and elderly passengers walk that stretch. Tell us the age profile of your group when you enquire and the driver will be briefed on the nearest drop point.