Festivals
Ganesh Chaturthi
August/September
The spectacular 11-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival honors the birth of the beloved Hindu elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha. The start of the festival sees huge, elaborate statutes of Ganesha installed in homes and podiums, which have been specially constructed and beautifully decorated. At the end of the festival, the statutes are paraded through the streets, accompanied by much singing and dancing, then submerged in the ocean.
Location Countrywide, India
Dushhera Festival
September / October
Also known as Mysore Dasara, this elaborate 10-day state festival takes place in southwest India’s Karnataka. The last day, Vijayadashami, is the festival’s most auspicious, said to denote victory of good over evil. The festival has a long history, having celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2010.
Location Mysore, India
What Others Say
Here is a small selection of the kind words our clients have said about us recently.
Dennis & Jocelyn
Remote Lands provided us with a deep, emotional human experience and we felt as alive as we could feel. [...] You truly do not know what traveling is like until you have traveled with Remote Lands.
Jessika and David, Los Angeles
There was an authenticity to the type of experience set up for us that made every city we visited special and gave us countless moments we will never forget.