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Day 14 (14th December): New Delhi
Delhi, the capital of India, has a fascinating history and a stimulating present. It always been the center seat for ruling empires over the centuries, and hence finds itself teeming with art and rich culture, albeit in ruins and forgotten roads. It was here, that the Mahatma was assassinated one January evening. This will therefore be an important day for the tour, because we will visit the place where Gandhi uttered his last words ‘he ram..’. After breakfast, we will go to Rajghat, a memorial erected to immortalize the Mahatma on his cremation grounds. People often gather here in quiet prayer, feeling a sacred tranquility take over. We will also visit the National...
Read MoreDay 15 (15th December): Trip to Agra Taj Mahal
After an early breakfast at the hotel, the group will leave for Agra by bus (approx 4 hrs drive, one way). Arrive Agra and proceed to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Lunch will be at a local restaurant. Later, the group will drive to Delhi International Airport to board flight back home. No dinner this evening. Visit the Taj Mahal. With its incredible lacy white grandeur the Taj Mahal is perhaps the most perfect architectural monument in the world. To the poet Tagore it was a `tear on the face of eternity’. In memory of his wife the great Mughal emperor Shah Jehan constructed this most extravagant and incomparable monument built for love. Amazingly graceful from...
Read MoreJanuary 3 2019: Arrive Mumbai India
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is the primary international airport in Mumbai India. The Airport’s IATA code – “BOM”, is derived from Bombay, Mumbai’s former name. The airport is South Asia’s second busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic and the busiest airport in India in terms of international passenger traffic and the second busiest in terms of overall passenger traffic. Upon arrival at Chhatrapati Shivajit, you will proceed to immigration, customs clearance and luggage collection. Continue to the exit where you will be met and transferred to The Waterstone Hotel, check-in after 2:00 pm. Before dinner you have the...
Read MoreJanuary 4: Mumbai / Pune / Kolhapur
Buffet breakfast at the Waterstone Hotel and then the group will check-out and board the bus for the Mani Bhavan. Visit Mani Bhavan: Bapu’s transit home in Mumbai. Mani Bhavan a simple old-style, two storied building on Laburnum Road, Mumbai. Whenever Gandhi was in Mumbai, between 1917 to 1934, he stayed at this home which is now converted into the museum and an adjacent research center. In 1955 Mani Bhavan was dedicated as a memorial to Gandhi and to the very important activities of great significance he initiated from that place. Mani Bhavan is recognized as a Research Institute preparing students for Ph.D. degree in Gandhian Thought and Rural Development by...
Read MoreJanuary 5: Kolhapur AVANI
Upon arrival at the Kolhapur Citrus Hotel, check in and enjoy a breakfast buffet. Today, you will visit various migrant workers’ camps; see brickyard sites and learn of the issues relating to child labor. After discontinuing child labor practices at the brickyard sites, AVANI has established teaching locations for the children where students convene in makeshift tent schools. After lunch, visit the site for the AVANI Residential School Gandhi Center for Learning. AVANI is a small and extremely devoted team directed by Anuradha Bhosale, determined to wipe out child labor in the brickyard work sites near Kolhapur, India. Nomadic families migrate to these brickyards for...
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