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All India Travel Tours --» India Round Trip Tour
India Round Trip TourBreakfast at hotel. AM at leisure. PM visit of Mount Abu : Rajasthan's only hill-station spreads out along a 1200 meter plateau. The Dilwara Temples are the finest examples of Jain temples in India. The complex include two important temples where the art of carving marble has been carried to unsurpassed heights. The older of these temples is the Vimal Vasahi, which is dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankara, Adinath. Around the courtyard there are 52 cells each with a Buddha like cross legged image. The later Tejpal temple is important as an extremely old and complete example of Jain temples. Its most notable feature is the fantastic intricacy and delicacy of the marble carvings. Later visit the Nakki Lake and the sunset point. Overnight at hotel. Day 08 : Mount Abu - Udaipur  After breakfast proceed to Udaipur enroute visiting Ranakpur temple complex. It is one of the most important and the biggest Jain Temple complexes in India. The extremely beautiful complex is situated in the remote and peaceful Aravali Valley. The main temple in the complex is `Chaumukha' or four-faced temple dedicated to Adinath. This huge, beautifully crafted well kept temple has 29 halls, supported by 1444 pillars, no two of which are alike. Within the complex there are other two temples. Evening arrive Udaipur. Overnight stay at hotel. Day 09 : Udaipur Breakfast at hotel. AM. City sightseeing : Udaipur - the lake city is a cool oasis in the dry heart of Rajasthan. It is probably the most romantic city in Rajasthan. The city Palace, towering over the lake, is the largest palace complex in Rajasthan. The main part of the palace is now preserved as museum with a large and varied, although somewhat rundown collection. The museum includes Mor Chowk with porcelain figures, Krishna Vilas has a remarkable collection of miniatures. The Moti Mahal has beautiful mirror work. Sahelion ki Bari - the ladies garden, a garden specially built for ladies with very beautiful fountains. PM excursion to Nagada and Eklingji. 14 miles north of Udaipur is Eklingji, a temple dedicated to the deity of the rulers of Mewar. The present building, standing on the site of the original fifteenth century edifice, is of late eighteenth century construction. Like most sacred buildings in this region, it is entirely of white marble. The roof is decorated by hundreds of circular knobs and crowned by a lofty tower. In the inner shrine is a four faced black marble image of Shiva. At a short distance is Nagada, now in ruins, bore the brunt of too many Muslim invasions. One of the most ancient places in Mewar, it has two temples dating from the eleventh century, both ornamented with interesting carvings. Overnight stay at hotel. Day 10 : Udaipur - Aurangabad Breakfast at hotel and transfer to airport for flight to Aurangabad ( IC 491 - 0810/0920 ). On arrival transfer to hotel. PM. Excursion to Ellora Caves : Whereas the Ajanta caves are famous for its paintings the caves at Ellora are famous for its sculptures which is remarkable. In all there are 34 caves ; 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu and the rest are Jain. Roughly the Buddhist caves are thought to date from 600 to 800 AD, the Hindus are around 900 AD while the Jain caves were not commenced until about 800 and were completed by 1000 AD. Caves 1 to 5 are Viharas and are simpler and less preserved. 6 to 8 are having large seated Buddha in the shrine. Hindu caves are the most dramatic and impressive of the Ellora cave temples. In size design and energy Hindu caves are in a totally different league to the Buddhist or Jain caves. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.  Day 11 : Aurangabad - Ajanta - Aurangabad After breakfast full day excursion to Ajanta caves. The Ajanta caves were before the Ellora caves and are all Buddhist. Their isolation has contributed the fine state of preservation in which some of the paintings remain to this day. Five of the caves are Chaityas or temples while the others are Viharas or monasteries. The caves date from 250 to 650 AD. The cave paintings initially suffered some deterioration. After their rediscovery some heavy-handed artists conducted a meticulous restoration and they are carefully preserved since then. Overnight stay at hotel. Day 12 : Aurangabad - Mumbai - Bangalore After breakfast transfer to airport for flight to Mumbai (IC 491- 0950/1035). on arrival assistance while changing planes for Bangalore (IC 109 - 1340/1510). On arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight stay at hotel. Day 13 : Bangalore - Hassan After breakfast proceed to Hassan enroute visiting a Silk Factory. Here you will see how the silk, which you find in the market, is developed. The complete process will be explained. Noon arrive and transfer to hotel. PM. Excursion to Belur and Halebid. The temples at Belur and Halebid are the cream of what remains of 4 one of the most artistically exuberant periods of Hindu cultural development. These temples are superb and, as far as their sculptural decoration goes, even rival the temples of Khajuraho and Konarak. They also rival the best of Gothic art to be found anywhere in Europe. The wealth of sculptural details found on the Hoysaleswara temple at Halebid makes it easily the most outstanding example of Hoysala art. Every cm of the outside walls of this temple and much of the interior is covered with an endless variety of Hindu Deities, Sages, stylised animals and birds and friezes depicting the life and times of Hoysala rulers. No two are alike. Scenes from war, hunting, agriculture, music, dancing and some very sensual sculptures explicitly portraying the apres-temple activities of the dancing girls are all represented here. The Hoysala temples are squat and low, more human in scale than soaring temples found elsewhere in India. They were carved from a soap stone which is relatively soft and easily cut when first quarried, but with age and exposure gradually hardens. The Hoysaleswara Temples at Halebid was constructed about 10 years after the temple at Belur, but despite 80 years labour it was never finally completed. Overnight stay at hotel. |
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