Rural Village (Uttar Pradesh) India Tour

“The soul of India lives in its villages”

This famous observation made by Mahatma Gandhi, long time ago is still a fact.

The rural population comprises the core of Indian society.

What does “The “rural sector" means?

1. Any place with a population of less than 5.000
2. Density of population less than 400 per sq km.
3. More than 25 % of the male working population" is engaged in the agriculture sector.

From 2005 the Indian government started programs meant to improve the standards of living in villages and rural areas: water supply, housing, telecommunication and information technology, roads, electrification and irrigation.

GARHMUKTESHWAR

GARHMUKTESHWAR: situated on the National Highway 24 joining New Delhi with Kolkata.

The town is situated 100 km from the New Delhi and is the closest point from the capital where the Ganges flows. This ancient place is mentioned in both the Bhagvat Purana and the Mahabharata.

The name is derived from the great temple of Mukteshwar Mahadeva and was dedicated to Lord Shiva (Goddess of the Ganga). The Ganges is worshipped here in four different temples. These temples are situated on the cliff overlooking the Ganges and below it. One of them is situated alongside Meerut road.

The place is famous for its 80 Sati Pillars. These pillars mark the spots where Hindu widows have committed sati. The town also boasts off a mosque built by Gays-ud-din Bal ban that bears an inscription in Arabic dating 682 Hijri (1283).

Garmukteshwar is also famous for its bathing fair that takes place on the Full Moon Day of the month of Kartik.about 600.000 people come to have a dip in the river Ganga that considered holy.

Another fair, held on the occasion of Dussehra, attracts around 50.000 devotees.

A DIP IN THE GANGES

RURAL INDIA Village Milak Papri (Uttar Pradesh)

This village is 250 km from Delhi. Visit en-route the biggest temple complex in the world. En-route a stop at Garmukteshwar, the closest point to Delhi where the Ganges flows: it is a non-touristic spot (visited by the local population). Finally reach Rural India: Milak Papri. Here your experience of the daily life of villagers. You will spend a few days in our exclusive” Rural Resort" in the countryside in the native village of Khan. Spending some time there you will suddenly realize what the real Indian way of life implies. You will share the day and meals with relatives of Khan which will be prepared for you with the unique, tasty chapatis (Indian flat bread) made with rice flour or wheat and baked on a traditional stove powered by traditional fuel: (sun-dried dung of herbivores).

VILLAGE LIFE

STAY IN RURAL RESORT