8-Day Spiritual Journey Through Delhi, Dharamshala and Manali

• Your tour leader will meet you in the hotel lobby today at 10:30 am.
• He will brief you on the itinerary and introduce the other group members to one another.
• After the welcome briefing, board the air-conditioned bus/car for the discovery of Delhi's largest mosque, Hindu temple, and Sikh temple. Today, you will learn about three different religions of India and discover the local, unique culture of the people of India.

• Check out and fly (1 hr 45 min) to Dharamshala.
• Dharamshala has a small neighbourhood called Little Tibet, where the Dalai Lama lives. Tibetan Buddhism has survived in India because of the efforts made by the Dalai Lama and his followers since 1959.
• His Holiness was only 24 years old when he escaped to India from Tibet. Most Tibetan Buddhist teachers you meet in the West are trained here at the Tushita Meditation Centre.
• We will go for a walk around the house of the Dalai Lama, where Buddhist pilgrims perform rituals, considering him an incarnation of Buddha. We will meditate inside the main temple of Goddess Tara Devi and Kalchakra, where the Dalai Lama teaches his followers on special occasions.
• Depart for the discovery of the Tushita Meditation Centre for practising meditation (optional) and learning about Tibetan architecture. This meditation centre is also a great piece of architecture for photography.
• After this, we will walk into the jungle (1 hr) to reach Naddi Village and see the snow peak mountains.
  Back to the hotel
  Evening at leisure

• Check out and drive to Mandi (4 hrs).
• Mandi is called the Small Varanasi of India. Hindu pilgrims visit the Lord Shiva temple on the bank of the Beas River to take a dip.
• Holy books claim this dip in the holy river will purify the negative karmas of devotees and end the cycle of suffering and pain.

• Manali is called the Queen of Hills. Its beauty will surprise you.
• You will fall in love with the snow peak mountains of Manali. This was the home of the first Hindu sage, Manu.
• Sage Manu wrote the laws of Hindu social life in 1700 BCE. He is still worshipped by locals in a temple in Old Manali.
• We will walk through narrow lanes to talk and interact with devotees.
• We will trek and walk into the jungle to reach Old Manali. We will visit Sage Manu Temple and interact with locals. We'll practise meditation at the temple to absorb the electromagnetic waves of the ancient temple.
• Depart for a hidden village in the laps of Manali to see the snow peak mountains.
• Walk along the clean river stream, cross the apple gardens, and visit the palace of Manali's Hindu king.

Back to the hotel

Evening at leisure or walk into the local market

• Check out and drive to Chandigarh (6 hrs).
• Chandigarh is the first planned city of independent India after 1947. It is the capital of two states of India.

• Check out and drive to Delhi (4 hrs 41 min), then catch your flight to your home country later, or choose to extend your trip with our private India tours.