Join Millions at Sacred Annual Kumbh Mela Festival on the Ganges
If you enjoy being around a multitude of fellow humans, I recommend a visit to the upcoming Kumbh Mela festival in northern India which ranks as the largest single gathering of people on earth.
Millions of Hindu believers and ascetic holy men — many naked and dusted with white ash — converge on the Ganges River at Haridwar every spring. You can travel in style to the festival with Asia Transpacific Journeys, a Boulder-based tour company that offers escorted five-star tours to exotic destinations and celebrations around the world.
“India seems like a book with seven seals, even to sophisticated travelers,” notes Marilyn Downing Staff, CEO of Asia Transpacific Journeys, which has specialized in travel to Asia and Pacific Rim destinations for 22 years. “By bringing Americans to India’s largest and most sacred gathering, we are able to bridge the cultural abyss by encouraging appreciation and interaction between visitors and natives that leads to understanding.”
The Kumbh Mela festival is the centerpiece of a 15-day “Treasures of India” tour escorted by an expert on Indian culture that explores UNESCO World Heritage sites as well as remote villages and lesser-known temples. Tour participants will partake of several authentic experiences such as visiting with local farmers in their village and staying at restored maharajahs' palaces.
Dates for the tour are March 11-25, 2010; cost is $8,995 per person, double, all-inclusive (except for international and domestic air).
For more information, visit http://www.AsiaTranspacific.com.
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