Religions of India Tours [ 19 Days - 18 Nights ]

Delhi - Amritsar - Dharamsala - Agra - Varanasi - Lucknow - Udaipur - Cochin - Goa - Mumbai

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• ARRIVE DELHI : Upon arrival in New Delhi you will be met and transferred airport/hotel. Delhi is the capital of India. Her history dates back 3000 years. Various rulers built eight successive cities in and around present day Delhi. Few capitals in the world have as many

• DELHI : Morning tour of New Delhi. Designed in 1911 by the British, New Delhi is one of the greenest capitals in the world. Your tour today includes a visit to the impressive Qutab Minar, a 234 foot sandstone tower and Humayun's Tomb, a predecessor to the famous

• Delhi / Amritsar : Morning transfer to the railway station for a train ride to Amritsar. Founded in 1577 by Ram Das, the fouth guru of the sikhs, Amritsar is both the centre of the sikh religion and the major coty of the Punjab state. Literally, Amritsar means 'Pool of Nect

• AMRITSAR / DHARAMSALA : Morning you drive to Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government in exile and the temporary residence of His Holiness - the Dalai Lama who rested here after fleeing from Tibet during the Chinese invasion. Throughout his more than 40 years of exile, for

• DHARAMSALA : Today visit the monastery in McLeod Ganj which is built for the serious students of Tibetan culture and one can also visit the school of Tibetan studies and it's library, one of the best in the world for studying Tibet and it's culture. If available, atte

• DHARAMSALA / AGRA : Morning you drive to Jammu (195 kms - 5 hrs) to take the connecting flight to Delhi. Upon arrival you will be met and continue driving to Agra (200 kms - 4 hrs). Alternatively take the overnight train to Delhi and upon arrival in Delhi, early morning, con

• AGRA : Moming visit the Taj Mahal and the Ara Fort. Taj Mahal, simply, is beauty - not just in design and technique, but in desire and intent. It was built as a monument of love, a manifestation of life's most powerful emotion. When his wife died unexpectedly, E

• AGRA / VARANASI : Morning at leisure; later in the morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Varanasi. Upon arrival in Varanasi you will be met and transferred airport/hotel. Varanasi is believed to have been created when this universe itself was created. Accordin

• VARANASI : Early morning you will be picked up from your hotel for a boat ride on the holy River Ganges. To see thousands of devout Hindus descend to the holy water of the Ganges for prayers and rituals may be one of the most extraordinary experiences of your visit

• VARANASI / LUCKNOW : In the morning, drive to Lucknow (320 kms / 7 hrs) visiting en route Allahabad city, which is at the confluence of two major rivers, the Ganges and the Yamuna. This meeting point of the two rivers - the Sangam, is believed to have great soulcleansing powe

• LUCKNOW : Morning tour of Lucknow city - visit the Bara or Great Imambara, tomb of a Shi'ite holy man built in 1784 which has one of the largest vaulted galleries in the world with the central hall being 50 metres long and 15 metres high. Also visit the Residency b

• LUCKNOW / UDAIPUR : Morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Delhi, from where you will be taking a connecting flight to Udaipur. Udaipur stands in a valley, amid green hills on the banks of the wide steel-blue Lake Pichola. On little islands in the lake from the w

• UDAIPUR : Morning sightseeing tour of Udaipur includes a visit to the vast and exquisite City Palace of the Maharana. Arnber, jade and colour~ glass give the palace a sparkling, yet ethsreal quality.you will also see Fateh Sagar Lake, the Jagdish temple and Gulab N

• UDAIPUR / COCHIN : Morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Mumbai to take the onward connecting flight to Cochin. Cochin or Kochi is a city built on scattered islands. Unlike Mumbai, reclamation projects have not cemented the islands together into one indistingui

• COCHIN : On our tour of Cochin this morning, you will visit the Jewish Synagogue, one of the oldest il} 1D9ia, the Dutch Palace well known for its mural paintings.")You will also see the Chinese fishing nets in operation, at the entrance of Kochi harbour. ... they

• COCHIN / GOA : Morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Goa. This former Portuguese colony is a picturesque land full of scenic charm and many attractions such as historic forts, ornate churches and temples, evergreen hills and mountains, winding rivers and cr

• GOA : Morning tour of Old Goa. The most famous churches are in Old Goa, 8 kms from the capital city of Panjim. The sacred remains of the patron of the East, St. Francis Xavier lie enshrined in the Basilica of Born Jesus and have made Goa famous as the "Rome of

• GOA / MUMBAI : Transfer to the airport for your flight to Mumbai. A beautiful harbour studded with hilly islands and a palm-fringed shore rising gradually to the peaks of mountain ranges form a fine waterfront for Bombay, "the Gateway of India". Besides being the rrajor

• LEAVE MUMBAI : Morning tour of Bombay city. We will visit the Gateway of India, a 262 feet high gateway overlooking the sea, built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. We will drive past the Victorian railway station to the Flora fountain. K