Shalom India

B E T E M P T E D Shalom India Seeing India through Jewish Eyes Tempo Holidays package inclusions A few words from Rabbi Fred Morgan From $8375 per person twin/double share I am currently the Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth • 21 nights first class accommodation. Day use room in Cochin at airport hotel Israel in Melbourne. In a previous life (before entering the rabbinate), I was lecturer in the • International and domestic airfares, taxes religions of India at the University of Bristol in and surcharges * England. I have travelled extensively in northern • Daily breakfast India and lived for some months in Varanasi, the sacred centre • Full board on house boat of Hinduism. This tour brings together my two passions: India and • All transfers and sightseeing excursions in Judaism. At each place we visit, I will introduce the religion most air‑conditioned vehicles closely associated with that place: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, • Sightseeing and attractions as per the itinerary Sikhism and Islam. The tour will also include the most significant sites • Local English speaking guides for sightseeing and of Jewish interest in Mumbai and Cochin. attractions • Services of an English speaking representative to assist at airports and hotels • All taxes * * Subject to change due to currency fluctuations and changes to taxes or charges. Full itinerary overleaf An information evening will be held on Wednesday 6 June at 7.30pm. For further details, please feel free to contact me: Rabbi Morgan Phone: (03) 9510 1488 Email: [email protected] B E T E M P T E D Thu 13 Mar Udaipur – Mumbai Early morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Mumbai. A tour of Mumbai follows. It includes a photo stop at the Dhobi Ghat, and the Hanging Gardens. Drive past the Towers of Silence and many heritage buildings. Walk through Cusrow Bagh, a Parsi Colony in Colaba. Check in at the hotel for 3 nights. This afternoon the tour continues by featuring prominent Jewish sites including some of the oldest synagogues starting with the Shaar-ha-Rahamin or the ‘Gate of Mercy’ Wed 27 Feb Delhi Thu 06 Mar Delhi – Agra built in 1796 by the Bene Israelis. The Magen David is the Depart Melbourne aboard Singapore Airlines flight for Transfer to the railway station early this morning to meet largest synagogue in Asia and was built in 1861 by David Singapore. Change aircraft and fly to Delhi. After clearing the Shatabdi Express for Agra. Arrive Agra and transfer Sassoon a Bagdadi Jew. His grandson, Jacob later built the customs and immigration the group will be met later this to the Jaypee Palace Hotel for breakfast. Visit Agra Fort, Knesseth Eliyahu Synagogue in 1884, which is acclaimed evening and transferred to the hotel for 2 nights. Itmad-ud-Daula (Baby Taj) and the Taj Mahal. A brief visit as the most beautiful synagogue in the city. Visit ORT India, is also made to the marble inlay workshop. This afternoon the primary support organisation nourishing Jewish life in Thu 28 Feb Delhi Mumbai today, to inspect a school and kosher bakery and Depart on a morning sightseeing tour of Delhi. Visit the is at leisure and overnight accommodation is at the Jaypee see a short documentary on the 19th century philanthropist magnificent Red Fort, Jama Masjid. Drive past Firoze Shah Palace. [B] David Sassoon. Photo stop at the Gateway of India was Kotla with the 13 metre high Ashoka Pillar from the 3rd Fri 07 Mar Agra – Jaipur largely funded by David Sassoon. Return to the hotel. Century BC. Visit Raj Ghat, where Mahatma Gandhi was Drive to Jaipur via Fatehpur Sikri – a deserted city built The remainder of the day is at leisure. [B] cremated. This afternoon enjoy a city tour of New Delhi. by Emperor Akbar the Great in the 15th Century and Drive past the Presidential Palace, the Rashtrapati and the vacated 14 years later when its water supply failed. Its Fri 14 Mar Elephanta Excursion impressive Rajpath to the World War I memorial arch, the glorious courtyards and palaces conjure up dreams of the This morning there is a half day excursion to Elephanta India Gate. Visit Humayun’s Tomb built in 1565 AD by his mysterious past. Arrive in Jaipur this afternoon and proceed Island, an hour’s boat ride from the Gateway of India grieving widow Haji Begum. Visit the Qutub Minar, the to the hotel for 3 nights. The remainder of the day is at The major attraction is the unique cave temple whose 72 metre high Minaret. Return to the hotel. The remainder leisure. Welcoming Shabbat with Rabbi Morgan. [B] massive Trimurti Shiva sculpture is a fine example of Hindu of the day is at leisure. [B] architecture. The cave temples were excavated between Sat 08 Mar Jaipur the 5th and 8th centuries. Return to the hotel this afternoon Morning is at leisure. This afternoon enjoy a city tour of Fri 29 Feb Delhi – Amritsar for time at leisure. At this afternoon we use a coach and Transfer to the airport for the flight to Amritsar. Upon arrival Jaipur. Drive past ‘Hawa Mahal’ (Palace of the Winds) an guide to visit members of the local Jewish community and you will be met and transferred to the hotel for the next elaborate building encrusted with delicate honeycomb screens join them for Shabbat. [B] 2 nights. The remainder of the day is at leisure. Welcoming and carved balconies from which the royal ladies, confined Shabbat with Rabbi Morgan. [B] to their quarters, could view the world outside. Visit Jai Sat 15 Mar Mandawa Excursion Singh’s Observatory built in the 17th century by the founder Early morning transfer to the jetty at the Gateway of India. Sat 01 Mar Amritsar Travel by boat to Mandawa, followed by a short bus ride, This morning Rabbi Morgan will lead the group in a short of Jaipur who, besides being a prince was also a soldier, to Alibag on the Konkan Coast The Bene Israel Jews have worship before we depart on a city tour of Amritsar. Visit astronomer and builder. Visit the City Palace, part of which is lived on the Konkan Coast for centuries. Since the middle the Golden Temple in the heart of the city, the Akal Takht now a museum containing fine Rajput and Moghul paintings, of the 18th century there has been a gradual influx of the and Durgiana temple located near the Golden Temple. Also rare manuscripts, an armoury, old carpets, and amazingly Bene Israel community into Mumbai. Today only 220 Jews visit the infamous Jallianwala Bagh located in the heart of the embroidered clothes of the Maharajas and the Maharanis. remain in the Konkan villages. Light lunch will be served at city. This afternoon proceed to the Wagah border to watch Return to the hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure. [B] the Ravi Kiran Hotel, before returning to the hotel later this the Beating the Retreat ceremony. Return to the hotel. The Sun 09 Mar Amber afternoon.[B] remainder of the day is at leisure. [B] This morning depart on a half day tour to Amber Palace some 10 kilometres north of Jaipur. The sombre exterior Sun 16 Mar Mumbai – Aurangabad Sun 02 Mar Amritsar – Delhi Transfer to the airport for your flight to Aurangabad. Transfer to the airport for the flight back to Delhi. Transfer belies the richness of the royal apartments, which open Proceed on a full day excursion to the Ajanta Caves which to the hotel for overnight. The remainder of the day is at on to striking views of the gorge. It also possesses a were discovered in the 19th century. The 30 caves have leisure. [B] Chamber of Mirrors. The Hall of Victory presents a galaxy of decorative art - panels of alabaster with fine inlay work of survived for hundreds of years in the Sahyadri hills and Mon 03 Mar Delhi – Varanasi the tenderness hues. Elephants or jeeps are used to ascend offered seclusion to the Buddhist monks who lived, taught Transfer to the airport for the flight to Varanasi. Upon arrival the slopes. Return to Jaipur for an afternoon at leisure. [B] and performed rituals in the Chaityas and Viharas which you will be transferred to the hotel where you will stay for were the seats of learning and cultural movement. The the next 2 nights. The remainder of the day is at leisure. Mon 10 Mar Jaipur – Udaipur – Mount Abu remainder of the day is spent at leisure. Stay at an hotel Transfer to the airport for your flight to Udaipur. Arrive in This evening you will experience an Aarti Ceremony on the overnight. [B] banks of the Ganges. [B] Udaipur and drive to Mount Abu (approx. 6 hours). Upon arrival at the hotel, the rest of the day is at leisure. This is Mon 17 Mar Aurangabad – Mumbai Tue 04 Mar Varanasi your hotel for the next 2 nights. [B] This morning depart on a city tour of Aurangabad. Visit the An early start this morning for a boat ride on the Ganges Aurangabad Caves, Bibi ka Maqbara (Mini Taj), Panchakki where steps lead down from a steep bank to the sacred Tue 11 Mar Mount Abu (Water Mill) and Local Bazaar. Also visit the Ellora caves This morning you will enjoy a sightseeing tour of Mount river. Return to the hotel for breakfast. – the finest examples of cave temples where 34 caves have Abu concentrating on the most prominent Jain sites. This intricate interiors and ornamental facades. Carved during This afternoon enjoy an excursion to Sarnath, an important afternoon is at leisure.

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