The breadth of the north between Chandigarh and Kashi is easily crossed with the right arrangement, and our first task is to make the crossing comfortable and effortless. Chandigarh, served by a good airport and well connected by rail, reaches Varanasi by convenient flights (direct or via a quick connection) and by long-distance trains, and we advise you honestly on which suits your group - a flight for its speed and ease across this distance, a train for those who prefer the rails - and then book it, so the travel is settled before you set out rather than left to the uncertainty of arranging it yourself.
For most families making this longer journey we suggest a flight. A short hop by air turns a long overnight train into a quick and comfortable passage, leaving you fresh for the pilgrimage and making a three-day trip genuinely restful rather than tiring. We book the convenient connections, time them to your plan, and receive you at Varanasi airport, so the distance becomes a minor matter rather than an obstacle. For those who love the train, we arrange a good one instead.
The three-day shape of the trip is deliberate and, for this distance, ideal. It allows a full first day for the journey and the evening aarti, a complete second day for the dawn boat, the Vishwanath darshan and Sarnath, and a gentle third day for the remaining temples and the return - so nothing is rushed and nothing essential is missed. Having come across the north, a Chandigarh family deserves to experience Kashi fully, and these three unhurried days do the pilgrimage justice.
At the Kashi end we handle everything exactly as for any of our guests - a comfortable hotel near the ghats, the darshan managed through the Dham corridor and the crowds, the aarti and the dawn boat timed and arranged, the key temples and Sarnath planned in, a private car throughout. A Chandigarh family arrives into a trip that is already wholly organised, with only the worship and the experience left for them to do.
Comfort is calibrated to the traveller from the City Beautiful, a place of order and ease. We choose clean, comfortable, well-located stays, a private air-conditioned car, good vegetarian food with North Indian and Punjabi dishes arranged where wished, and a considerate pace, so the contrast between the planned calm of Chandigarh and the ancient intensity of Kashi is a wonder to savour rather than a shock to endure. The devotion is deepened, not diminished, by being comfortable.
We serve the whole north-western region through Chandigarh - the families of the city itself, and the pilgrims of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal for whom it is the natural gateway. To each we shape the trip, the travel, the food and the pace, so the journey honours their devotion and their customs. The same careful, comfortable journey serves them all, whether they come from the city or the hills and plains around it.
And we advise on the season as part of the planning. The winter months are loveliest for the dawn boat and the aarti and kindest for the journey; the summer is hot on the plains and better met with a flight and early starts; the monsoon swells the Ganga to a dramatic fullness. We help you choose your dates and book the travel and the stay around festivals and crowds, so your three days are as smooth as they are devotional. Experience My India handles the whole journey from Chandigarh end to end. WhatsApp +91-7302265809. Har Har Mahadev.