Varanasi
Varanasi, however you arrive on your India itinerary → Your train or flight, timed to your onward India itinerary, on Day 3
3 days 2 nights
year-round
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Price on request
per pilgrim · 2 Nights / 3 days
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Experience My India's Varanasi Tour Package for NRI is Kashi arranged end to end for returning non-resident Indians and their families - the darshan on the trip home, handled completely.
Over three days we coordinate comfortable stays, private transport, the Vishwanath darshan, the Ganga aarti, a sunrise boat, and - on request - a Ganga puja or pind-daan for ancestors, with English-speaking guides, pure-veg or flexible dining, and planning that fits around your India itinerary and the family elders travelling with you.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 · 1060+ reviews. WhatsApp +91-7302265809. Har Har Mahadev 🙏
For the non-resident Indian returning home, a trip to Kashi is often the most meaningful part of the journey - the long-promised darshan, the roots reconnected, the blessing sought for a family spread across the world, sometimes a puja for the ancestors. But arranging it from abroad, slotting it into a packed India itinerary, and making it comfortable for elders and for children raised overseas, is daunting.
Experience My India's Varanasi Tour Package for NRI removes all of that. We arrange the three days end to end - comfortable stays, private transport, the Vishwanath darshan, the Ganga aarti, a sunrise boat, and on request a Ganga puja or pind-daan - with English-speaking guides, flexible dining, and planning that fits around the rest of your trip home and the generations travelling together. You simply arrive and take the blessing.
It sits within our wider Varanasi tour packages; see also our Luxury Varanasi tour package and our Varanasi family tour package. To plan from abroad, WhatsApp +91-7302265809.
Route overview
Varanasi, however you arrive on your India itinerary → Your train or flight, timed to your onward India itinerary, on Day 3
Departure
Varanasi, however you arrive on your India itinerary
Stop 1
Dashashwamedh Ghat - Ganga Aarti → The evening aarti from good reserved seats, explained in English
Stop 2
Ganga Sunrise Boat Ride → A private boat for the whole family at first light
Stop 3
Shri Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga → The darshan through the Dham corridor, with full assistance
Stop 4
Ganga Puja and Pind-Daan (on request) → On the ghats with a reputable priest, explained in English
Stop 5
Sarnath (Dhamek Stupa) → A peaceful morning where the Buddha gave his first sermon
Stop 6
Banarasi Silk Weaving Visit → A master weaver, and a graceful gift to carry back abroad
Final arrival
Your train or flight, timed to your onward India itinerary, on Day 3
3 days, 2 nights - Kashi arranged end to end for the returning NRI family
End-to-end coordination that fits around your India itinerary
Comfortable, well-located stays, a private AC car and an English-speaking guide
The Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga darshan, with assistance
The evening Ganga aarti with good reserved seating and a private sunrise boat
A Ganga puja or pind-daan for ancestors, arranged on request
Sarnath and a Banarasi silk-weaving visit, with flexible dining
Rated 4.9 out of 5 - 1060+ reviews
Day 1 - Arrival, a Comfortable Base and the Ganga Aarti. A smooth arrival into a comfortable base, and the family's first evening at the aarti.
Our car receives the family - however you arrive into Varanasi on your India itinerary - and settles you into a comfortable, well-located stay chosen to your standard, elders and children looked after.
An easy first walk introduces the family to the ghats, the guide explaining the city in English for those raised abroad.
The family takes the evening aarti from good reserved seats - the lamps, the chanting and the river - a moving reconnection for the returning NRI and a revelation for the next generation.
Practical note
The guide explains the ritual's meaning as it unfolds, in English.
A comfortable stay, support a WhatsApp message away across time zones.
Stay
Varanasi
Day 2 - Sunrise Boat, Kashi Vishwanath and an Optional Puja. The dawn river, the darshan together, and - on request - a Ganga puja or pind-daan for ancestors.
A private boat takes the family onto the river at first light - the ghats waking, the sun rising - unhurried and comfortable, with the whole family together.
The family takes the darshan of the Jyotirlinga through the Dham corridor, with our full assistance through the queues and security - the long-promised blessing, taken together across the generations.
Practical note
Phones, bags and leather go to the cloakroom; the guide manages this for the family.
Where the family wishes, we arrange a Ganga puja for the living family's wellbeing, or a pind-daan on the ghats for ancestors, with a proper, reputable priest and the rites explained in English.
Practical note
Many NRI families find this the most meaningful act of the whole trip home.
Stay
Varanasi
Day 3 - Sarnath, Silk and Departure. A peaceful Sarnath morning, a silk visit, and a smooth onward departure.
Sarnath, where the Buddha gave his first sermon, and a visit to a master weaver for the famous Banarasi silk - a graceful gift to carry back abroad.
A smooth transfer to your train or flight, timed to your onward India itinerary, the guide seeing the family off.
Practical note
We advise on connecting your Kashi days to the rest of your trip home - just ask.
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Everything you need to know about your pilgrimage with Experience My India.
The three-day package is arranged end to end: comfortable stays chosen to your standard, a private AC car, an English-speaking guide, the Kashi Vishwanath darshan, the Ganga aarti with reserved seating, a private sunrise boat, Sarnath, a Banarasi silk visit, flexible dining, and on request a Ganga puja or pind-daan for ancestors - all planned from abroad and fitted to your India itinerary. WhatsApp Experience My India at +91-7302265809.
Yes - that is central to how we work. We plan and confirm the entire Kashi leg with you over WhatsApp and email, across your time zone, weeks or months ahead, so nothing is left to scramble once you land in India. Our support then runs across time zones before and during the trip. Experience My India removes the whole burden of arranging from abroad. WhatsApp +91-7302265809.
Yes - most NRI families thread Kashi between a home city, family events and other destinations. We advise on when to come, how many nights make sense, and how to link the Varanasi days to your domestic flights and trains, so the pilgrimage enhances your trip home rather than straining it. Experience My India plans it around your journey. WhatsApp +91-7302265809.
Yes - on request we arrange a pind-daan on the ghats for departed elders or a Ganga puja for the living family's wellbeing, with a proper, reputable priest known to us (never a tout), and the meaning and steps explained in English so the family participates fully. Experience My India ensures the rites are authentic and dignified, with no exploitation. Many NRI families find this the most moving part of the trip. WhatsApp +91-7302265809.
Yes - we choose comfortable, well-located stays to your standard, a private AC car and a considerate pace with rest built in, so elders and overseas-raised children alike travel in comfort, not an ordeal. The English-speaking guide helps the younger generation connect with the heritage. Experience My India calibrates the comfort to a diaspora family. WhatsApp +91-7302265809.
The price depends on the standard of stay, the family size, your dates and any puja arranged, and we quote clearly in INR (we can indicate the equivalent in your currency). Experience My India gives a transparent quote on WhatsApp once we know your plan. Message +91-7302265809 with your details and we reply within 30 minutes, mindful of your time zone. Har Har Mahadev.
Yes - an English-speaking guide is with the family throughout, explaining the rituals, symbolism, history and meaning of what you see, which is essential for the generation raised overseas. Parents consistently tell us this is what let their children connect with the trip rather than merely endure it. Experience My India always provides a fluent guide for NRI families. WhatsApp +91-7302265809.
Booking is easy from anywhere in the world. WhatsApp Experience My India at +91-7302265809 with your preferred dates, where Kashi fits in your India itinerary, your family details (including any elders or children), and whether you want a puja or pind-daan arranged. We reply within 30 minutes, mindful of your time zone, with a clear quote and plan. No advance until confirmed. Har Har Mahadev.
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We take the whole burden of arranging a Kashi trip from abroad, so you simply arrive and take the blessing.
Planned from abroad. We plan and confirm everything over WhatsApp and email across time zones, well before you fly - no scrambling once you land in India.
Fits your trip home. The Kashi days slot neatly into your wider India itinerary, and we advise on connecting flights and trains so the logistics simply work.
Comfortable for every generation. Comfortable stays, a private car, an English-speaking guide and a considerate pace suit elders and children raised overseas alike.
The rites, done properly. The darshan, and on request a Ganga puja or pind-daan for ancestors, arranged with reputable priests and explained in English - meaningful and authentic.
For the Indian diaspora, the journey home carries a weight that a holiday does not. Among the visits to family, the old city, the wedding or the festival, a trip to Kashi is often the one that means the most - the darshan long promised to a parent, the roots of a faith carried across oceans, the blessing sought for children growing up far from the land of their ancestors. It is a reconnection, and we understand how much it matters.
The difficulty has always been the arranging of it from abroad. Coordinating stays, transport, darshan and perhaps a puja in a city you may not know well, from a different time zone, around an already-packed India itinerary, while making it comfortable for elderly parents and for children used to life overseas - it is enough to make families put off the Kashi leg year after year. We exist precisely to remove that difficulty.
We take the entire burden. Everything is planned and confirmed with you over WhatsApp and email before you fly, slotted around the rest of your trip home; and once you arrive, a private car, an English-speaking guide and comfortable stays carry the family smoothly through the darshan, the aarti, the river and, if you wish, the rites for your ancestors. You step out of the complications and into the blessing. Experience My India makes the most meaningful part of the trip home the easiest to arrange. WhatsApp +91-7302265809. Har Har Mahadev.
The arranging of an NRI trip begins long before anyone lands, and that is where we do the work that matters most. We plan and confirm the whole Kashi leg with you over WhatsApp and email, across whatever time zone you are in, weeks or months ahead - the stays, the transport, the darshan, the guide, any puja - so that nothing is left to be scrambled together once you are in India and short of time. You arrive to a plan that is already complete and paid attention to.
Fitting Kashi into a wider India itinerary is a particular skill, and we are glad to advise on it. Most NRI families are threading Kashi between a home city, family events and other destinations, often on tight domestic connections; we help you work out when to come, how many nights make sense, and how to link the Varanasi days to your flights and trains, so the pilgrimage enhances the trip home rather than straining it. We are as much a planner as a provider.
Comfort is calibrated to a family that lives abroad and may find India's intensity a lot, especially the children and the elders. We choose comfortable, well-located stays to your standard - not bare pilgrim lodging - a private air-conditioned car, and a considerate pace with rest built in, so that the trip is a pleasure and not an ordeal for any generation. The point is to make Kashi accessible and comfortable without diluting its depth.
The English-speaking guide matters enormously for the diaspora family. For the generation raised overseas, Kashi can be bewildering without interpretation - the rituals, the symbolism, the history, the why of what they are seeing; our guides explain all of it in fluent English, turning a confusing spectacle into a meaningful encounter with their own heritage. Parents tell us this is what let their children connect with the trip rather than merely endure it.
Dining is kept flexible because diaspora families differ - some want strictly pure-vegetarian sattvic food for a devout trip, others a wider, gentler menu for children with overseas palates, and we arrange whichever you prefer, at places we trust for hygiene and comfort. Small things like reliable, clean food make a large difference to how a family experiences India, and we attend to them. Experience My India plans it all around you. WhatsApp +91-7302265809. Har Har Mahadev.
And our support runs across time zones, before and during. You have a line to us at any hour you are awake, wherever you are, so a question at midnight in New Jersey or London reaches us and is answered - the reassurance that lets a family commit to the trip from thousands of miles away.
At the centre of the trip is the darshan, and we arrange it to be the unhurried, meaningful thing a returning family hopes for rather than a rushed scramble through the crowds. With our assistance through the Dham corridor's queues and security, the family takes the darshan of the Vishwanath Jyotirlinga together, across the generations - the grandparent who has waited a lifetime, the parent carrying the devotion, the child seeing it for the first time - a blessing taken as a family, which is exactly how so many NRI families have dreamed of it.
For many diaspora families, the trip home is also the moment to perform the rites for ancestors, and Kashi is among the holiest places on earth to do so. On request we arrange a pind-daan on the ghats for departed elders, or a Ganga puja for the wellbeing of the living family, with a proper, reputable priest - never a tout - and the meaning and the steps of the ritual explained carefully in English so the family understands and participates fully. Families tell us this is the single most moving act of their whole journey home.
We take particular care that these rites are authentic and dignified. Kashi's ghats have their share of unscrupulous operators who prey on returning families, and we protect you entirely from that - our priests are known to us and reputable, the offerings and procedures are explained honestly, and there is no exploitation of grief or distance. You perform the rites for your ancestors in the confidence that they are being done properly, which is a peace of mind that families far from home especially need.
The sunrise boat and the aarti frame the darshan with the beauty of the river, and for the diaspora family these are reconnections too - the dawn on the Ganga, the lamplit worship at dusk, experienced together as a family returned, with the guide quietly explaining what each thing means. The next generation, in particular, often finds these the moments that make their heritage real to them for the first time.
To take the darshan and perform the ancestral rites in Kashi, as a family returned from across the world, is a profound closing of a circle, and we arrange it with all the care and authenticity it deserves. Experience My India makes the sacred heart of your trip home both easy and true. WhatsApp +91-7302265809. Har Har Mahadev.
We handle, too, the small practical matters that trip up a family visiting from abroad - the documents a temple or a priest may ask of an overseas visitor, the right way to make offerings, the etiquette of the ghats, the currency and the tipping that a diaspora family is unsure of after years away. None of it is difficult once someone who knows the city is beside you, and our guide and coordinator quietly take care of all of it, so the family is never left feeling foreign in the land of their own ancestors. That ease is a large part of why NRI families return to us for every subsequent trip home, and why so many recommend us to relatives abroad planning the same journey. A family that has once been looked after this well tends to make Kashi a regular part of the trip home rather than a thing forever postponed.
Pro tip: Our local guides know these nuances intimately. They navigate crowds, time the darshan, handle protocols and share the stories textbooks miss.
Watch before you go
Watch the real Ganga Aarti, the Ram Mandir darshan flow and the ghat atmosphere, curated by our local experts so you arrive prepared.
Live aarti atmosphere
The evening ceremony at Dashashwamedh Ghat
Temple flow guide
The darshan process before you reach
Ganga boat experience
Sunrise rides over the holy river
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The whole Kashi leg is planned and confirmed from abroad over WhatsApp and email before you fly - nothing scrambled on arrival.
We advise on fitting Kashi into your wider India itinerary and connecting flights/trains.
Stays are comfortable and well-located, chosen to your standard, with a private AC car and a considerate pace for elders and children.
An English-speaking guide explains the rituals and heritage - essential for the generation raised overseas.
A Ganga puja or pind-daan for ancestors is arranged on request, with reputable priests and no exploitation.
Phones, bags and leather are not allowed inside the Kashi Vishwanath temple; the guide manages the cloakroom for the family.
Dining is flexible - strictly pure-veg sattvic or wider gentler menus for overseas palates, as you prefer.
Support runs across time zones, before and during - a line to us at any hour you are awake, wherever you are.
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Processing Time: Approved refunds will be processed within 7 to 10 working days via the original payment method. Force Majeure: If a tour is cancelled by Ayodhya Varanasi Guide due to unforeseen circumstances (extreme weather, government restrictions, or vehicle breakdown), a 100% refund or an alternative date will be offered. Unused Services: No refunds will be provided for any part of the sightseeing missed by the guest due to late arrival or personal choice during the tour.
We understand that travel plans can change. Our cancellation slabs are as follows: 48 Hours or More before the tour: Full Refund of the advance amount (minus a small 5% processing fee/bank charges). 24 to 48 Hours before the tour: 50% of the advance amount will be refunded. Less than 24 Hours or No Show: No refund will be provided as the vehicle and driver are already blocked for your service. Peak Dates: For bookings during major festivals like Holi, Janmashtami, or Radha Ashtami, all advance payments are Non-Refundable due to extreme demand.
To provide competitive local pricing while maintaining high service standards, we follow a split-payment structure: Advance Deposit: A 50% advance payment of the total package cost is required to process the booking. Balance Amount: The remaining balance must be paid to the coordinator or driver upon arrival or at the start of the tour. Mode of Payment: We accept UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), Bank Transfers, and Cash. Exclusions: Please note that E-Rickshaw charges (for narrow lanes near Banke Bihari Temple), Guide fees, and Temple donations are typically not included in the package and should be paid directly in cash.
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