Delhi → Mathura → Vrindavan → Delhi
The birthplace of Krishna and the temple town of Vrindavan in a single day.
- 5:00 AM Pickup from your home or hotel in Delhi NCR
- 6:30 AM Breakfast at an expressway food plaza
- 8:30 AM Dwarkadhish Temple and Vishram Ghat A 19th-century temple near the river with painted ceilings. Morning darshan ends at about 10:30 AM, and the temple reopens in the late afternoon.
- 9:45 AM Krishna Janmabhoomi The temple complex built over the site revered as Krishna's birthplace, with the prison-cell shrine and the Keshav Dev temple. Security is strict: phones, cameras and bags are deposited at the lockers.
- 11:00 AM Drive to Vrindavan, about 12 km
- 11:30 AM Banke Bihari Temple Vrindavan's most visited temple. The curtain in front of the deity is drawn every few minutes. Open in morning and evening sessions and closed in the afternoon.
- 1:00 PM Lunch
- 4:30 PM ISKCON and Prem Mandir A white Italian-marble temple opened in 2012, with carved scenes of Krishna's life. After dark it is lit in changing colours and there is a musical fountain.
- 7:00 PM Depart for Delhi
- 10:30 PM Drop at your home or hotel in Delhi NCR
Tip: Most temples close from about 12 PM to 4 PM, which is why lunch and the afternoon are kept loose. A night charge of ₹400 applies if the car is dropped after 11 PM.