The distance north between Nagpur and Kashi is easily crossed with the right arrangement, and our first task is to make the crossing comfortable and effortless. Nagpur, one of the great railway junctions of the country and served by a good airport, is well connected to Varanasi by convenient flights and by numerous 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 journey is settled before you set out rather than left to chance.
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. 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, Nagpur's central junction offers good options, which we arrange 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 from the heart of the country, a Nagpur 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 Nagpur 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 central India. We choose clean, comfortable stays near the ghats, a private air-conditioned car, good vegetarian food of the kind Maharashtrian families are accustomed to, and a considerate pace, so the journey to Kashi is itself a pleasure and never an ordeal. The devotion is deepened, not diminished, by being comfortable, and we keep the pricing honest and transparent throughout.
We serve the people of Nagpur and Vidarbha in all their devotion - the Marathi families carrying their tradition of pilgrimage, the elders making a long-cherished journey, the young families travelling together for the first time, and the many drawn to Sarnath for its Buddhist significance. 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.
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 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 Nagpur end to end. WhatsApp +91-7302265809. Har Har Mahadev.