Char Dham Yatra from Chennai: no direct Dehradun flight, so the ex-Delhi itinerary from ₹32,300 per person is usually shorter. Routes, days and costs.
Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, joined to a departure from Chennai. The yatra itself starts in Uttarakhand, so what changes from one city to the next is how you reach the start and how many days to set aside either side of it.
Getting to the start from Chennai
By air. Chennai has no non-stop service to Dehradun, so that routing connects, usually through Delhi. Chennai to Delhi itself is direct and very frequent.
By rail. Rail is not practical from Chennai: Haridwar is the better part of two days away by train, so almost everyone flies.
With no direct Dehradun flight, the ex-Delhi itinerary usually works out shorter from Chennai: you fly direct to Delhi and the programme opens with the Delhi to Haridwar transfer as a day of its own, rather than spending that day on a connection.
Trains from Chennai to Delhi
| Train | From | Runs | Leaves | Reaches Delhi |
|---|
| 12621 Tamil Nadu Express | Chennai Central (MAS) | Daily | 22:00 | New Delhi 06:30, day 3 (about 32.5 h) |
| 12433 Rajdhani Express | Chennai Central (MAS) | Fri, Sun | 06:05 | Hazrat Nizamuddin 10:30 next day (about 28.5 h) |
No train runs direct from Chennai to Haridwar or Dehradun. Onward from Delhi: the 12017 Dehradun Shatabdi (New Delhi 06:45, Haridwar 11:35, daily), the 12055 Jan Shatabdi (New Delhi 15:20, Haridwar 19:27, daily) or the 22457 Vande Bharat (Anand Vihar 17:50, Haridwar 21:11, not Thursday). Timings as Indian Railways listed them in October 2026; confirm on NTES or IRCTC before you book.
Flights
There is no non-stop flight from Chennai to Dehradun; flights listed as direct stop on the way. Fly to Delhi and join the Delhi start, or connect on to Dehradun.
A door-to-door plan from Chennai
- Fly to Delhi and take the Delhi start, which opens with the drive to Haridwar as a day of its own.
- By train, the daily Tamil Nadu Express reaches New Delhi at 06:30, in time for a Delhi start that day.
- Set aside about 13 days: 11 nights and 12 days for the yatra plus the journey.
Which itinerary suits a Chennai departure
Rates are per person, vary with hotel grade and group size, and exclude 5% GST. Flights and trains from your city are booked separately.
