Sufi Shrines &amp; Islamic Heritage

Ajmer Sharif & Pushkar

Ziyarat and qawwali at the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, then Pushkar's lake, ghats and Brahma temple over the hill.

4D / 3NDelhi · Ajmer

Delhi Sufi Trail & Ajmer Sharif

Thursday qawwali at Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah and Jama Masjid in Delhi, then the train to Ajmer for two nights at the Dargah Sharif.

5D / 4NAgra · Fatehpur Sikri · Ajmer

Agra, Fatehpur Sikri & Ajmer Sharif

The Taj Mahal, ziyarat at Shaikh Salim Chishti's dargah in Fatehpur Sikri, then two nights in Ajmer for the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and Thursday qawwali.

3D / 2NSrinagar

Pilgrimage tours

Hazratbal & Kashmir Sufi Shrines

The Hazratbal shrine on Dal Lake, Jamia Masjid, Khanqah-e-Moula and Makhdoom Sahib in Srinagar, with a day trip to Charar-e-Sharif, the shrine of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali.

3D / 2NNagore

Pilgrimage tours

Nagore Dargah Ziyarat

Two nights at Nagore for ziyarat at the dargah of Hazrat Syed Shahul Hameed, with time for the Kandoori festival when it falls during your stay.

3D / 2NKochi · Kodungallur

Kochi & Cheraman Juma Masjid

Fort Kochi's spice-trade quarter and Mattancherry, then Kodungallur's Cheraman Juma Masjid, traditionally held to be India's first mosque, and the Muziris heritage sites.

4D / 3NThanjavur · Velankanni

Velankanni, Nagore & Thanjavur

The Brihadeeswara temple at Thanjavur, then Velankanni's basilica and the Nagore Dargah, three faiths along the Kaveri delta coast.

4D / 3NIstanbul

Istanbul Mosques & Ottoman Heritage

Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Süleymaniye and the Eyüp Sultan Mosque, with the Topkapı Palace relics and a Bosphorus cruise.

PilgrimageHeritageCulture

8 itineraries

How we plan

Planned with reverence

Darshan and prayer timings

We plan each day around opening hours, aarti, Mass or prayer times, and book darshan, puja or VIP entry where the temple allows it.

Paced for elders

Fewer hotel changes, ground-floor or lift rooms on request, wheelchairs, ponies, palkis or helicopters where available.

Food that respects your faith

Pure vegetarian, Jain, satvik or halal meals arranged where possible, and we tell you honestly where options are limited.

Registrations and permits

Char Dham and Amarnath registration, Inner Line and Tibet permits, and medical certificates where they are required.

Holy places

Places on these journeys

Rajasthan

Ajmer

Ajmer is home to the Dargah Sharif of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the most revered Sufi shrine in India, visited by people of every faith.

Best forPilgrims of every faith, culture lovers

PilgrimageCultureFestival

Rajasthan

Pushkar

Pushkar is a small holy town around a sacred lake with 52 ghats and one of the very few temples to Brahma.

Best forSpiritual travellers, festival lovers

Best forFirst-time visitors, history and food lovers

North India

CityHeritageFood

Delhi

Delhi is two cities in one: the lanes of Old Delhi around the Jama Masjid and Chandni Chowk, and the broad avenues of Lutyens' New Delhi.

Best forFirst-time visitors, couples, families

Uttar Pradesh

HeritageHoneymoonFamily

Agra

Agra was the Mughal capital for much of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and it holds three UNESCO sites: the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and nearby Fatehpur Sikri.

PilgrimageHeritageCulture

Uttar Pradesh

Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar's red sandstone capital 40 km from Agra, is a UNESCO-listed city of palaces and courtyards.

Best forPilgrims of every faith, history lovers

Jammu & Kashmir

LakeHoneymoonHeritage

Srinagar

Srinagar is Kashmir's summer capital, known for Dal Lake's houseboats and shikaras, Mughal gardens laid out by emperors, and floating vegetable markets at dawn.

Best forHoneymooners, families

Tamil Nadu

PilgrimageCultureBeach

Nagore

Nagore, on the Tamil Nadu coast near Nagapattinam, is home to the Nagore Dargah of the 16th-century Sufi saint Hazrat Syed Shahul Hameed, known as Nagore Andavar.

Best forPilgrims of every faith

Kerala

CityHeritageCulture

Kochi

Kochi grew on centuries of spice trade, and Fort Kochi still shows layers of Portuguese, Dutch, British and Jewish heritage.

Best forCulture, food, heritage

PilgrimageHeritageCulture

Kerala

Kodungallur

Kodungallur, the ancient port of Muziris, is where tradition says St Thomas the Apostle landed in AD 52 and where the Cheraman Juma Masjid, traditionally held to be India's first mosque, still stands.

Best forCulture lovers, pilgrims of every faith

HeritagePilgrimageCulture

Tamil Nadu

Thanjavur

Thanjavur was the capital of the great Chola dynasty, and its Brihadeeswarar Temple, completed in 1010, is a masterpiece of granite engineering and part of the UNESCO Great Living Chola Temples.

Best forHeritage and architecture lovers

Tamil Nadu

PilgrimageBeachCulture

Velankanni

Velankanni, on the Bay of Bengal coast, is home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, one of the most visited Christian shrines in Asia and often called the Lourdes of the East.

Best forPilgrims, families

Turkey (Türkiye)

CityHeritageCulture

Istanbul

Istanbul straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus.

Best forCulture lovers, families