Day
01 # Arrival Delhi
Welcome! to capital of India. Arrive Delhi, meet assist
at the airport & transfer to hotel. Night stay in
Delhi.
Day 02 # Delhi - Amritsar
Morning transfer to Railway Station to board the Air
Contioned superfast Shatabdi express to Amritsar. Arrive
Amritsar at 1315 hrs, meet assist at the railway station
by our tour executive and then transfer to hotel. Evening
proceed for sightseeing tour visit Wagah Border, the
final frontier Wagah about 28 Kms from Amritsar is the
only border crossing between India and Pakistan. Its
an interesting experience especially at sunset when
the retreat ceremony takes place with the BSF (Border
Security Force) on the India side of the border. The
changing of the guards and the ceremonial lowering of
the flags ceremony is carried out with great pomp. Night
stay is Amritsar.
Day 03 # Amritsar - Delhi
Breakfast in the hotel, after leisurely breakfast proceed
for sightseeing tour visit Golden Temple - is the most
sacred temple of the Sikhs built by Maharaja Ranjit
Singh. The lower portion of the temple displays white
marble in lay work and the upper portion is embellished
with copper coated over by gold plate. Devotees from
all sects of life irrespective of their cost & creed
come here to pay homage to the temple. The other attractions
inside the shrine is the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy
book of the Sikhs and the twenty four hours running
kitchens, which feeds ten thousand pilgrims everyday,
the Kitchen is run on a voluntary basis. Also visit
Jallianwala Bagh- on 13th April 1919, Baisaki Day thousands
of people (Punjabi’s) gathered from nearby places to
celebrate the festival. As the communication system
was under developed at the time, they were not informed
regarding this law. Thinking it as a violation of the
law, General Dyer entered in the park with his troops
and opened fire on all the innocent men, women and children
present there. Some people were shot dead, some were
wounded and a majority of the people tried to jump on
the wall to escape the death from the hands of foreign
power. There is no accurate record of the number of
people died. Afternoon transfer to railway station to
board the train, back to Delhi. After reaching Delhi
transfer to International airport to board flight for
onward journey or way back home. |
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