| Day
1 : Arrive Amritsar |
| Arrive Amritsar. On arrival
in Amritsar you will be welcomed by our representative
present at Amritsar Airport carrying placard of your name.
Transfer to Hotel. Overnight stay |
| Day 2 :
Amritsar |
After breakfast
move for sightseeing covering
Golden Temple-the holy scripture is brought in
a vivid procession from the Akal Takhat (the highest temporal
seat of the Sikhs) in the morning to the temple to be
returned at night. Singing is central to Sikh worship
& is a feast to the souls when hymns from the holy
scripture are recited Kirtan and the waves of the classical
ragas, a sublim blend of voice & music.
Jallianwala Bagh-the historic site where hundreds
of innocent Indian men, women an children were massacred
by British General Michael Dyer on April 13, 1919. A memoral
and Garden have been created here as a national monument.
Afternoon visit
Indo-Pak Border to watch retreat ceremony-30 KM on
the road to Lahore is India-Pakistan Border. A visit to
the border is an interesting experience especially at
Sunset, when the retreat ceremony takes place with the
Border Security Force on the Indian Side and the Sutlej
Rangers on the Pakistan side putting up a well coordinated
and spectacular display. The sound from the Bugles blown
together from both sides paints past on the canvas when
India and Pakistan were one, simultaneously Flags of the
two nations are ceremoniously retrieved and lights are
switched on marking the end of the day. Amidst thunderous
applause today this point is the only land route open
to approach Pakistan and central Asia.
Return to hotel in the afternoon. Overnight stay. |
Golden Temple
Punjabi Culture
Gidha
|
| Day
3 : Amritsar - Delhi - Jhansi - Orchha |
Early morning
transfer to Railway station to board morning shatabdi
train at 0515 hrs. Reach New Delhi. Board your connecting
train for Jhansi. Reach Jhansi. Transfer to Orchha.
Reach Orchha-A medieval city where grandeur has truly
been captured in stone. You visit several of the palaces
and temples built by the Bundela Rulers in the 16th and
17th Centuries. Orchha was founded in the 16th Century
by the Bundela Rajput Chieftain Rudra Pratap who chose
this stretch of land along the river Betwa as an ideal
site for his capital. Of the succeeding rulers, most notable
was Raja Bir Singh Ju Deo was built the exquisite Jehangir
Mahal, tiered Palace crowned by graceful chhatries, from
here the view of Soaring temple spires and cenotaphs is
spectacular. Late afternoon visit Jhansi (16 KM) to visit
the museum and ruins of fort there. In the evening visit
a temple to enjoy the Arti ceremony.
Overnight stay at Orchha. |
Orchha |
| Day
4 : Orchha- Khajuraho |
After breakfast
drive to Khajuraho. Reach Khajuraho (160 Kms / 4 hrs.).
Check in hotel. Relax for a while.Afterwards go for sightseeing
tour of Eastern & Western group of Temples.
Western Group of Temples: Lakshmana Temple, Varaha
Temple, Kendariya Mahadeo Temple, Devi Jagdambi Temple,
Chitra Gupta Temple, Vishwanath and Nandi Temple.
Eastern Group of Temples: Adinath, Shantinath and
Parashwanath Temples, Javri and Bamana Temple. Overnight
stay. |
Khajuraho |
| Day
5 : Khajuraho-Varanasi
|
|
After breakfast transfer to airport
to board the flight for Varanasi-said to be the India's
most sacred city situated on the western bank of the
holy river Ganga. It is also the oldest living city
in the world. As a place for devotion and worship, with
hundreds of temples dotting the city , sunrise on the
river front as seen from a boat can be a spiritually
uplifting sight. It has a fascination uniquely its own,
a quality of sublime beauty, a timeless eternal appeal.
Varanasi is the city which cannot be described, only
experienced.
Arrive Varanasi and transfer to hotel.
Evening view "Aarti" ceremony on the Ghats.
Night stay in Varanasi.
|
Varanasi |
| Day
6 : Varanasi |
| Morning
boat cruise at the river Ganges to observe the way of
life of pilgrims by the Ghats. Later excursion to Sarnath,
10kms. East of Varanasi, is one of the Buddhism's major
centers of India. After attaining enlightenment, the Buddha
came to Sarnath where he gave his first sermon. Visit
the deer park and the museum and later back to Varanasi
. Night stay in Varanasi. |
Varanasi
Sarnath
|
| Day
7 : Varanasi - Delhi |
| Morning at leisure, Afternoon
transfer to airport to connect the flight for Delhi ,
Arrive Delhi & transfer to hotel. Rest of the day
at leisure or last minute shopping etc. Night stay in
Delhi. |
| Day
8 : Depart Delhi |
| Transfer to airport to board
your flight back home. |
