Duration : 17 Days Tour
Destination : Chennai-Trichy-Thanjavur-Madurai-Kodaikanal-Periyar-Cochin-Ooty-Mysore-Bangalore
Through the warm scented hinterland of South India, up through the Palani
Hills to the hill station of kodaikanal, the wild elephants of Periyar, deep
in the cardamom hills and dropping down to the backwaters of Alleppey and
Coch, journey up by ancient cog railway to Ooty and then on to Mysore -
heady with the scent of spices and Bangalore - the garden city
Kerala,
the verdant paradise, overflows with many natural splendours - mountains and
valleys, lush paddy fields and lazy lagoons, hauntingly beautiful beaches
and backwaters, generous yields of marine wealth and rich harvests of
coconut and banana & sweet cashewnuts. It clings like a slim, green leaf
to the base of the western ghats of India. Legend has it that "
Parasuram" the sixth incarnataion of Lord Vishnu, the preserver of
Hindu Trinity, stood on a high place in the mountains of the western ghats,
threw his axe far into the sea and commanded the sea to retreat, retreat it
did and thus the land which emerged, dripping from the waters, became Kerala
- God's own country.
It is a land of various art forms, lakes and temples, wildlife and
ayurveda, beaches and the backwaters - where one can experience the
unhurried pace of life.
This
program is for the first timers to India who wish to see India in its many
faces. The programs takes you to the cosmopolitan cities of Mumbai and
Delhi, the lake city of Udaipur, the pink city of Jaipur, Fatehpur Sikri,
the deserted city, Agra the city where love is immortalised in the form of
Taj Mahal, Khajuraho - city of erotic temples, Varanasi, arguably the oldest
living city in the world, where every Hindu yearns to make a pilgrimage.
