Pilgrimage North India

Arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport. New Delhi & overnight stay at the close by hotel

Very early: sunrise boat ride along the ghats (the single most important sādhana-paced experience here — silence, water, the burning ghats seen from a respectful distance)

Kāśī Viśvanāth Mandir darshan (after boat, before peak crowd)

Afternoon rest

Evening: Assi Ghāt — quieter, more residential end of the ghat line, good for unhurried sitting

Tulsī Mānas Mandir — marble temple with the Rāmcaritmānas inscribed on its walls, a fitting closure of the Rāma thread carried from Ayodhya

Ramnagar Fort across the river — quieter, historical, good for an afternoon of looser exploration

Evening: closing kirtan and satsang — naming the full arc (līlā → dharma → mokṣa), personal sharing from students

Travel to Ayodhya by car 4 -5 hours and night stay

Early morning: Rām Janmabhūmi Mandir darshan (security queues can be long even outside festival season — plan for this, arrive very early)

Hanumān Garhī — the steep climb to Hanumān’s shrine, said to guard the birthplace

Afternoon rest

Evening: Kanak Bhawan — Rāma and Sītā’s palace-temple, gentler pace, good for teaching on the dharmic ideal of householder life

Banke Bihari & Nidhivan

Early: Banke Bihari darshan (arrive before the mid-morning crowd)

Mid-morning: walk to Nidhivan — the sacred grove, and its stillness by day

Afternoon rest

Evening: Keśī Ghāt āratī on the Yamunā

Rādhā Raman Mandir Rādhā Dāmodar, Śyāmā Śyām — smaller, quieter temples where the group can actually sit rather than only stand in queue

Afternoon: optional visit to Prem Mandir (marble, modern, visually stunning — good for those who want spectacle; entirely optional for those who prefer the older, plainer sites)

Evening: closing kirtan for the Vrindavan leg — a chance to name what’s arisen before moving on