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Mystical India M YSTICAL INDIA OCTOBER 13 – 29, 2019 Mystical and spiritual, India abounds with riches that invite personal exploration. Begin your adventure by exploring both Old Delhi and New Delhi. Continue to the “pink city” of Jaipur and enjoy a home-hosted dinner with a local family, offering a unique vantage point into the lifestyle of a Rajasthan family. Spend two nights at Ranthambore Tiger Preserve and search for elusive Bengal tigers and other wildlife on this land that was once a royal hunting ground. Travel to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Conclude in Varanasi, witnessing Hindu pilgrims perform their time- honored rites along the ghats leading to the sacred Ganges River. GROUP SIZE: Up to 24 guests PRICING: All pricing is tentative* Per person double occupancy: • $6,087* - Air inclusive from Boston, JFK, or Washington, DC ($5,195* air & land inclusive plus $892 airline taxes and fees) • $4,895*- Land only • $1,495*- Single supplement STUDY LEADER: EMILY O’DELL has just been appointed a Fellow in Islamic Law at Yale Law School, after having spent over half a decade teaching in the Middle East at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman and at the American University of Beirut as the Whittlesey Chair of History & Archaeology. Emily completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Humanities Center. She received her PhD, MA, MFA, and MA from Brown University, and an additional Masters in Central Asian Studies from Columbia University. She has taught stateside at Columbia University, Brown University, and Harvard University -- where she received an award for excellence in teaching. Emily's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Salon, Al Jazeera, Christian Science Monitor, NPR, and Huffington Post. Her recent academic publications touch upon mysticism, pilgrimage, cultural heritage, and cinematic depictions of mysticism in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. For her expertise on mysticism in India, she was a guest of honor and invited speaker at Jamia Islamia Milia in Delhi alongside diplomats from India and Central Asia. She has had the unique experience of teaching world religions and mysticism in the Ivy League, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf. For her field-research on mysticism in Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and shamanism, Emily has been an American University of Beirut Traveling Fellow (India), a Fulbright Fellow (Indonesia), a Harvard Traveling Fellow (Iran), an Edward A. Hewett Policy Fellow (Tajikistan), an American Councils Research Fellow (Turkmenistan), an IREX Fellow (Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan), an American Center for Mongolian Studies Fellow (Mongolia), and a Columbia Pepsico Fellow (Uzbekistan). She has also conducted archaeological field-work at mystic shrines on the Silk Road. Dr. Emily O’Dell plans to give four lectures during the program: Deciphering Delhi: A Tapestry of Mystic Traditions in the Heart of India; Problems of Pilgrimage and Preservation: The Cultural Heritage Management of Mysticism in India; Spiritual Syncretism in Varanasi: From Hinduism to Buddhism and Beyond; and Establishing Sangha, Living Dharma in Sarnath: Contemporary Buddhist Practice in India. SCHEDULE BY DAY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 DELHI B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner This morning encounter Old Delhi, capital of Muslim India between the 12th and 19th centuries. Stop first at the Gandhi Memorial, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 the simple black marble slab honoring India’s DEPART U.S. FOR DELHI, INDIA beloved Mahatma Gandhi. Next, pause for a photo opportunity at Lal Qila, the Red Fort complex of palaces considered the greatest of all Delhi’s earlier cities and today a UNESCO MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 World Heritage Site. From here visit India’s largest mosque, the red sandstone and marble ARRIVE DELHI Jama Masjid, completed as the last monument Spend today en route to Delhi, India’s capital commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan, and second largest city. Arriving after builder of the Taj Mahal. Your tour continues midnight, transfer directly to the hotel. with a rickshaw ride through bustling and Overnight: Taj Diplomatic Enclave colorful Chandni Chowk market, one of Delhi’s oldest and busiest. Then return to the New Delhi district to visit a Sikh temple. Following lunch at a local restaurant, visit the National TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 Museum, housing a superb collection of Indian DELHI and international art and artifacts, some two million pieces covering 5,000 years of cultural This energetic capital is one of the world’s heritage. Tonight have dinner on your own; the best examples of a city that blends the old hotel has a variety of restaurants from which with the new. After lunch on your own, begin to choose. touring Delhi by visiting the 16th-century Tomb of Humayun, the second Mughal Overnights: Taj Diplomatic Enclave (B, L) emperor whose resting place is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue on to see Qutab Minar, one of Delhi’s most visited and striking monuments. With a height of 239 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 feet, this red stone tower ranks as the highest DELHI / JAIPUR brick minaret in the world. Next pass by India Depart this morning for the day-long journey Gate, the majestic 137-foot-high arch that to Jaipur, one of the great cities of the Rajput. stands over an eternal flame to honor the En route, visit the village of Neemrana and eat 90,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting lunch at Neemrana Palace, a restored heritage alongside the British during World War I and hotel dating to the 15th century. Late this the Afghan wars. Tonight enjoy a welcome afternoon, reach Jaipur and the hotel, where dinner at the hotel. you’ll dine together tonight. Overnight: Taj Diplomatic Enclave (B, D) Overnight: Jai Mahal Palace (B, L, D) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 close the traditional society from which India JAIPUR is transitioning to a more urban lifestyle. Jaipur was the home of India’s legendary Overnight: Jai Mahal Palace (B, D) Hindu warriors, whose historic forts, palaces, and gardens lend a timeless quality to this storied region. Called the “pink city” for its buildings of rose-hued sandstone, Jaipur SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 today retains the exquisite symmetry of its JAIPUR / RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL original construction, as well as the eight PARK historic gates that protected the city centuries ago. Stop first today at Hawa Mahal, the Leave Jaipur this morning for Ranthambore elaborately carved “Palace of the Winds,” National Park. Bordering the outer fringes of whose pink sandstone façade allowed cooling the Thar Desert and the former hunting breezes to enter. Continue on to Amber Fort, a grounds of the Maharajah of Jaipur, UNESCO World Heritage Site considered the Ranthambore is now a 512-square-mile nature pinnacle of Rajput architecture. Tour the preserve that is home to diverse plant life; citadel this morning to admire the fresco- historic ruins; and hundreds of species of covered portal, the impressive room of birds, reptiles, mammals, and of course, mirrors, walls of jewel-encrusted marble, and Bengal tigers. Please note that road the royal apartments. After lunch at a local conditions in and around Ranthambore are restaurant, continue on to Jantar Mantar, the poor; about two hours of the drive will be on incredible open-air Royal Observatory and a bumpy or unpaved roads. Additionally, the UNESCO World Heritage Site; and City Palace, canters used for game drives provide minimal former residence of the Maharajas of Jaipur, shock absorption: be prepared for very bumpy now converted to a museum that houses the drives. This afternoon take a game drive rulers’ magnificent art collections. Late this through the park, whose mission is to help afternoon return to the hotel; dinner tonight is preserve and protect the endangered Bengals. on your own. Dine tonight at the lodge. Overnight: Vivanta by Taj - Sawai Madhopur Lodge (B, L, Overnight: Jai Mahal Palace (B, L) D) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 JAIPUR / SANGANER RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL PARK This morning visit nearby Sanganer to watch villagers engage in traditional block printing On today’s morning and afternoon game and handmade paper industries. Using drives, set out in search of more game. One of centuries-old techniques, artisans craft India’s best known national parks, coveted hand-printed textiles and unique Ranthambore belongs to India’s paper goods. Sanganer also is known for its groundbreaking Project Tiger, dedicated to distinctive blue pottery, which the preserving and protecting the once plentiful craftspeople paint free-hand. Then, tour a Royal Bengal tigers that roamed the land here. local market before visiting Birla Mandir, the Now threatened by poachers, illegal logging, Hindu temple made of pure white marble that and encroaching civilization, India’s tiger enshrines Lord Vishnu and counts as one of population has decreased precipitously; it is Jaipur’s most popular attractions. believed that just 58 tigers currently live in Ranthambore. The park’s varied landscape of After some time at leisure this afternoon, beautiful lakes, lush grasslands, deep ravines, tonight you are dinner guests of a wooded valleys, and open scrub also features multigenerational Rajasthan family in their picturesque ruins of old fortifications and the home. This provides a fascinating window into thousand-year-old Ranthambore Fort, now a Indian life and an opportunity to witness up UNESCO World Heritage Site, which you’ll stop to admire. On the way back to the lodge, After lunch on your own, proceed to the visit an organization called Dhonk, which Itimad-ud-Daulah, often called the “Baby Taj,” works with members of the Mogya tribe. Here the two-story marble mausoleum that inspired see tiger conservation in action as families the Taj Mahal. Next, preview tomorrow’s who once relied on poaching the big cats now excitement as you view the Taj Mahal from have an alternative means of earning income Mehtab Bagh, an idyllic garden complex through crafts and artwork.
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