Jaipur-Pushkar-Udaipur-Varanasi
The India Festival Special Tour is aimed at ensuring that the travelers get a chance to enjoy India at its most exciting, colorful, and emotional moment-festivals. In this tour, special attention is paid to the locations where festivals are not merely something, but the lifestyle with strong ties to the historic process, religion and to the local communities. The tour will be organized in a leisurely manner without long and exhausting trips, and time will be required to sample rituals, attend in deference and to learn the cultural significance of celebration. Out of royal parades and religious worships to lake celebrations and religious services, this tour will provide a strong cultural experience instead of a tourism sightseeing. You can easily book your India Festival Special Tour Packages through the website of Travel People India
Tour Highlights
Reach Jaipur and check in to the hotel. The opening day is made light in order to get accustomed to the Rajasthan environment. Relax after checking in and have a drink and snacks and take a stroll around the hotel. During the evening, you may walk briefly around the nearby markets where there are festive decorations, lights, and the exhibits of the traditional clothing that creates the atmosphere. The streets of Jaipur are usually vibrant during festivals with folk songs being played, lighting and buildings decorated and families trying to plan out celebrations. It is this light introduction that makes you appreciate how festivals can melt into everyday life. Overnight stay in Jaipur.
In the morning post breakfast, visit sites around Jaipur that are related to the local festival like visiting temples, or attending a local festival show depending on the season. Go to heritage areas around the old city wherein you might observe traditional processions, rituals, or folk music. Local guides interpret the meaning of colors, offering and customs. During the evening, one can go to a cultural event where the Rajasthani dance and music is shown and is commonly done during festival times. Overnight stay in Jaipur.
Go to Pushkar, a holy city with religious celebrations and a serene atmosphere. Check-in After that, visit Pushkar Lake, where pilgrims join rituals, prayers, and ceremonial baths during the festival period. Stroll down the winding streets of town, with flags, lamps and flower stands. The serene and yet lively atmosphere of Pushkar when the festivals are in progress is a very spiritual one. Evening free to attend aarti rituals on the lake. Overnight stay in Pushkar.
You can explore the temples and ghats of Pushkar which are gathering places of priests, devotees and travelers during festivals. Get to know about traditional rituals and their meaning. Explore the local markets with religious materials, handicrafts and sweets that are produced during festival times. The day allows one to explore and observe rather than rushing to different places. Overnight stay in Pushkar.
Go to Udaipur and enter the hotel. During evenings, go out and have a leisurely stroll by Lake Pichola where they especially hold celebrations, with lamps, music and social interactions. The lights reflected on the water create a festive magical atmosphere. The festivals in Udaipur are luxurious and quiet because they are royally oriented. Overnight stay in Udaipur.
Have breakfast, visit the old city places and temples of Udaipur where rituals of the festival are done. You can also observe the prayers of local families, folk songs of musicians, and crafts people making something related to the festival. Afternoon is free to relax and later an optional cultural performance in the evening with traditional Rajasthani arts. Overnight stay in Udaipur.
Go to one of the most holy cities in India, Varanasi. During the evenings, go to the Ganga Aarti at the ghats, which is more mighty in festival times as there are bigger groups, more lamps and chants. The ritual is a great spiritual experience and enlightenment of the religious practices of India. Overnight stay in Varanasi.
Perform the Rituals in the early morning, performed by the devotees in the Ganges, during which they offer prayers and offerings. These ceremonies are enriched with the festivals and it makes the experience very touching. Breakfast and then you are going to the airport/ railway station to continue with your onward travel and the cultural tour will be over with perfect memories of the festival.
