0615 hrs pick-up from Delhi hotel and transfer to New Delhi Railway Station to connect train for Amritsar.
0720 hrs Depart Delhi / Amritsar by Swarna Shatabdi Express (Air-conditioned Chair Car/First Class)
Breakfast served in Train. (included in Train ticket cost)
1345 hrs Arrive Amritsar. Assistance at the Railway Station and drive to hotel.
Amritsar: Amritsar means Tank of Nectar: Long ago, the present city of Amritsar was dense forest with a pool in it. Several villages fringed the forest. Many legendary and mythological references are attached to this land. It is said that Lord Rama had fought a battle with his sons, Luv and Kush at this place in which whole of Lord Rama’s army was destroyed. At that time a jug of nectar descended from heaven to restore the soldiers to life. Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), the Lion of Punjab, who was able to merge all the Misals into one single unit under his sole control arranged development of Amritsar in a big way. He made Amritsar as the summer capital of his regime. Maharaja Ranjit Singh got the domes of the holy temple gold-plated and from thence the temple became famous as the “Golden Temple”.
It is Amritsar where the smouldering surge of Independence of our country burst into a full fledged “Flame of Liberty” in the form of Jallianwala Bagh massacre in which about two thousand people were killed.
1500 hrs Drive to Wagha Border with an English speaking guide to witness interesting and exciting “Flag Lowering Ceremony”. The ceremony begins with a parade by the soldiers from both India & Pakistan side which ends up in the perfectly coordinated lowering of the 2 nations Flags – India & Pakistan. This called the beating retreat border ceremony around the world. This spectacle ceremony attracts many national and international visitors/tourists from both sides of the border.
Later return to Amritsar. If interested you may visit Golden Temple in night.
Lavish Buffet dinner in Hotel and overnight stay in Amritsar.
