INDIA TRIP 2024
13 DAY ADVENTURE IN MUSIC AND SACRED LIVING

OVERVIEW

Rajasthan, Vraja, Benares

2 nights Delhi
3 nights Jaipur
4 nights Vrindavan
3 nights Benares

On this trip we will explore four magical regions in North India, and I’ll take you to some of my very favorite temples, street markets, and sacred places in both town and country. We will combine the best of luxury and location, experiencing Heritage Haveli accommodations wherever possible–and always clean, safe and comfortable places when luxury is not available because we will be in the heart of rural devotional India.

I’ve been going on pilgrimage in North India for 25 years–and I’ve personally crafted this trip to share some of my most beloved places here. We’ll be a very small group. Sharing an intimately curated journey, with ample time for rootsy cultural explorations. Daily chanting and devotional practice. Temple darshans, pujas, and meetings with remarkable souls. We will walk together in the timeless footsteps of saints and sages…

MAP

Benares is older than history, older than tradition,
older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.

Mark Twain

DAY BY DAY

Trip Price Includes

• All vegetarian meals & bottled water
• All transportation in-country (Delhi>Benares coach flight, airport transfers, all ground travel, rickshaws etc.)
• All hotel accommodations (Luxury or Heritage hotels wherever possible)
• All temple entry fees and donations
• Local guides and ground support
• Daily group kirtan, satsang, meditation practice
• Evening kirtan programs, Dhrupad Classical Music Festival entry, boat rides, satsangs with special guests

All daily agenda items and timings are approximate and may shift to accommodate Reality and the emergent possibilities of the actual moment.

Trip Price Does NOT Include

  • Airfare to/from India
  • Extra luggage weight cost on India flight
  • Tips to our guides and helpers 
  • Laundry service
  • Any special pujas
  • Any special access to temple inner sanctums 
  • Video or fancy camera fees in certain locales (phone cameras usually fine) 

Trip Costs

  • Price pp/double occupancy: $6950. 
  • Price pp/single occupancy: $7550.

 

Early-Bird Discount

Pay in full by Nov. 8, 2023 for a $650 early-bird discount.

All payments must be received in full by Dec. 21, 2023. 

~ Arrive in Delhi
Stay: Gorgeous Luxury Hotel 

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Gather all together in the afternoon, opening circle and shared dinner

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First evening circle: Welcome!
Group introductions
Review logistics, plans, Q&A
Brief chanting program w/Adam

Morning
  Breakfast 
  Kirtan & Satsang

Explore
  Old Delhi
  Street Markets
  Paharganj

Lunch
  Hosted by Bunty
  A local experience

Dinner
  At classic local
Delhi restaurant
  Evening circle: Decompress, integrate, chant

Drive Delhi > Jaipur, the historic Pink City

Breakfast at the Imperial

Morning Kirtan, walk in the neighborhood
Final pickups: local shops and street markets

Lunch on the way to Jaipur

Stay: Jaipur Heritage Hotel

Afternoon: Settle into our digs, rest, explore the neighborhood 

Evening:
Govinddevji darshan
Dinner
Evening circle

Jaipur

Morning:
Breakfast
Old Ganesh temple darshan
Lassiwala
Explore antique & jewelry 
shops

Lunch, rest

Evening:
Govind Devji darshan

Dinner
Evening circle

Jaipur

Morning:
Breakfast
Mangal aarti at Govinddevji
Explore the Jantar Mantar and Palace complex area

More street exploring, shopping
Arts & crafts
Vintage textiles 
Satish’s jewelry workshop
Jal Mahal

Lunch, rest

Hawa Mahal visit and tour

Govind Devji temple darshan 
Evening circle

Drive Jaipur > Vrindavan 

Last morning in Jaipur:
Breakfast
Morning circle
Final shopping pickups
Final temple darshan

Stay: A comfortable Vrindavan Guest House

Afternoon: 
Land, get settled, lunch and rest

Later afternoon:
Cycle rickshaw to wander Loi Bazar
Darshan at Radha Raman mandir
Walk to sunset Aarti with Ganga Baba at Keshi Ghat, sunset boat cruise, kirtan on the Yamuna River

Vrindavan
Morning: 
Breakfast
NKB Ashram visit
Loi Bazar shopping:
Custom clothing fitting and ordering

Mala discourse with Rajendra ji Mala Wala
Purushottam Das Book Shop

Afternoon:
Drive to Jatipura, visit Shyamdas’ place
Lunch prasad with Mohan
Parikrama, roaming satsang
Dinner prasad w/Mohan 

Evening:
Drive back to Vrindavan
Evening circle, rest

Vrindavan

Morning:
Breakfast
Morning darshan and lunch prasad with Sadhu Maharaja at Munger Mandir Ashram

Afternoon:
Rest

Later afternoon:
Drive to visit Barsana and Radharani temple, Govardhan Hill, etc.

Evening: Dinner at MVT

Evening circle

Vrindavan

Morning:
Breakfast
Morning circle
Further adventures

Afternoon: Final Loi Bazar pickups
Further adventures

Evening:
Dinner at MVT
Evening circle

Drive to Delhi, fly to Benares 

Morning:
Early drive to Delhi Airport

Afternoon:
Check in, get settled near Assi Ghat
Lunch, rest
Sunset boat ride on the Ganga
River chanting and sunset puja at Assi Ghat
Dhrupad Festival

Stay: Heritage Haveli in Assi Ghat area 

Benares

Morning:
Breakfast
Morning circle along the Ganga
Wander through Old Town
Hanuman Mandir darshan

Afternoon:
Pack lunch and visit the waterfall and lake outside of town 

Evening:
Dinner
Dhrupad Classical Music Festival

Benares
Happy Shivaratri!

Morning:
Dawn Shivaratri puja 
Breakfast
Mandir darshan

Evening:
Final group dinner somewhere special
Dhrupad Festival
Shivaratri celebrations–could go late night…

Benares

Final morning:
Breakfast
Final group circle. Thank you!
Final Ganga darshan / farewell puja

Proper farewell to all.
Get everyone to their departure venues.

Rest! 

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