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SOUTH INDIA retreat

CHENNAI     PONDICHERRY     TANJORE     

MADURAI     PERIYAR    KUMARAKOM     KOCHI

Cost: $4,995 pp

based on double occupancy, if booked by August 31st, 2018 with a $2,500 deposit

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Duration: 13 days/12 nights

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Booking the Retreat:

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  1. Fill out the Registration Form

  2. Pay $2,500 deposit in order to reserve the retreat. Reservations cannot be confirmed until this payment is received.

  3. Balance of $2,495 is due by October 15th.

  4. Checks payable to: Roaming Buddha. Mail checks to:

Yoga Center of Columbia,

Attn: India Retreat

8950 State Route 108, Ste 109,

Columbia, MD 21045

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Retreat Package Includes:

 

  • ​Luxury & boutique accommodations

  • Breakfast, lunch & dinner

  • Yoga & meditation practices

  • All local transportation & airport transfers.

  • Entrance fees to all monuments

  • English speaking guide/escort

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Retreat Highlights:

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  • Cruise on the Kerala Backwaters 

  • See a Kathakali Dance performance

  • Attend a cooking class

  • Jeep Safari Tour of the National Parks

  • StoryTrails Walking Tour in Madurai

  • Evening ceremony at Meenakshi Temple

  • Visit to the Bird Sanctuary

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ITINERARY

FEB 25       DEPARTURE FROM USA

 

FEB 26       ARRIVE INTO CHENNAI. 

Welcome to Chennai, India!  We will be met and taken to Taj Fisherman's Cove Hotel and receive a traditional welcome. 

 

OVERNIGHT - TAJ FISHERMAN'S COVE

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FEB 27       COVELONG  - PONDICHERRY

Visit Arjuna Penace, Shore Temple, and Five Rathas.

 

OVERNIGHT - TAJ FISHERMAN'S COVE 

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FEB 28       PONDICHERRY

Drive to Pondicherry. VisIt Auroville, Aurobindo Ashram, and Gandhi Beach.

 

OVERNIGHT - THE PROMENADE, PONDICHERRY

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MAR 01      PONDICHERRY  - TANJORE          

Visit the famous Chidambaram Nataraja Temple that covers an area of 40 acres.

 

OVERNIGHT - SVATMA, TANJORE

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MAR 02     TANJORE 

Participate in a fire ceremony & Vedic chants

 

OVERNIGHT - SVATMA, TANJORE​

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MAR 03     TANJORE - MADURAI

Witness the night ceremony at the Meenakshi Temple.

 

OVERNIGHT - MADURAI

 

MAR 04     MADURAI 

Take Story Trails walking tour through the mystical town of Madurai.

Cooking class for the food enthusiasts.

 

OVERNIGHT - MADURAI

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MAR 05     MADURAI - PERIYAR 

Visit spice gardens and plantations. Visit the Periyar National Park

 

OVERNIGHT - SPICE VILLAGE, PERIYAR

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MAR 06     PERIYAR - KUMARAKOM

 

OVERNIGHT - COCONUT LAGOON, KUMARAKOM

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MAR 07      KUMARAKOM

Visit to the bird sanctuary

Cruise the backwaters of Kerala on a kettuvellam houseboat

 

OVERNIGHT - COCONUT LAGOON, KUMARAKOM

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MAR 08      KUMARAKOM - KOCHI

Take an evening harbor cruise. See a Kathakali Dance performance

 

OVERNIGHT - TAJ MALABAR, KOCHI

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MAR 09      KOCHI

City tour of Kochi, Synagogue and Sikh gurudwara,

 

OVERNIGHT - TAJ MALABAR, KOCHI

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MAR 10      DEPART KOCHI FOR USA

Transfer to Kochi International airport

 

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