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Delhi to Calcutta
You can start in Delhi and from there go to Jaipur in Rajasthan, which is about five hours away by bus or train. From there you can take a six-hour bus or train to Mathura and Vrindavan, the land of Lord Krishna. From there you can go by train to Lucknow and then to Naimi­saranya, where the Srimad Bhagavatam was spoken by Suta Goswami. From Lucknow you then take a four-hour bus to Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Rama.

From there it is a six-hour bus to Allahabad, where the famous Kumbha-mela is held at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati Rivers. From Allahabad you can take a five-hour side trip to Chitrakut, where Lord Rama is said to have lived 11 years in exile. Then from Chitrakut you can take an overnight train or a bus (7 hr) to Varanasi.

You can skip going to Chitrakut and from Allahabad you can take a three-hour bus or one of the many trains to Varanasi. From Varanasi you can make a side trip to the famous Buddhist pilgrimage site of Sarnath, which is a half-hour away. From Varanasi you can go to Gaya and Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha attained enlightenment. Gaya is about seven hours away by train. From Gaya there is an overnight train to Calcutta. From there you can go to Puri or Mayapur, the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya.

North
The Char Dhama Yatra takes 11 to 18 days and includes Haridwar, Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. Many people go just to Haridwar and Rishikesh and then take a side trip to Badrinath. On the way coming or going to Haridwar you can stop at Kurukshetra where the Bhagavad-gita was spoken.

An interesting trip is to go to Amritsar to see the Golden Temple and then to Dharamsala, the home of the Dalai Lama.

Rajasthan and Gujarat
You can start in Jaipur, which has some interesting temples and palaces to see. From there you can take a three-hour bus ride to Pushkar, which has a sacred lake and one of the only temples dedicated to Lord Brahma. Nathdwar is the home of the famous Nathaji Deity. From Udaipur it is a seven-hour bus to Mount Abu, which has some holy places and is a nice peaceful hill station. From there it is another seven-hour bus ride to Ahmedabad. It is a two-hour side trip from Ahmedabad to Dakor, where there is the famous temple dedicated to Krishna called the Ranchorji Temple.

From Ahmedabad you can take a 10-hour train to either Dwarka or Somnath. Lord Krishna lived at Dwarka and is said to have left this material world at Somnath. You can then take a side trip to Junagadh and Girnar Hill. From Udaipur you could also head to Nasik, which is related to Lord Rama.

Andhra Pradesh
You could start in Puri in Orissa and maybe stop at Bhubaneswar. From there you can head south to Visakhapatnam and go to the famous Narasimha temple at Simhachalam. On the way to Visakha­patnam you could stop at Srikurman and visit the only Kurma temple in India. From Visakhapatnam you can go to Vijayawada and visit the Narasimha temple at Mangala Giri. You could then go to Hyderabad. There is an interesting Narasimha temple 60km north of Hyderabad at Yadagiri-gutta. You could then go to the interesting Siva temple at Srisailam, which is six hours by bus south of Hyderabad. You could also go directly to Ahovalam, where there are the nine Deity forms of Lord Narasimha.

South
If you start in Chennai you could first go to Tirupati, where there is the famous Sri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple. From there you could go to Kanchipuram, which is a famous temple town. From there you can go to Mamallapuram, which is a nice shore town with some ancient rock carvings and temples. You could then head south by train or bus to Srirangam (Tiruchirappalli), where there is one of the major Vishnu temples in India.

You can stop in Chidambaram, which has a famous deity of Lord Siva dancing on one foot. You could also stop at Thanjavur, which has a famous Lord Siva temple, or Kumbakonam, which is an interesting temple town. From Srirangam you could head to Madurai to see the Meenaksi Temple. There are also a few important Vishnu temples there. You can make a side trip to Rameswaram, which is where Lord Rama crossed the ocean to go to Lanka. There is a famous Siva temple there that has a Siva-linga said to have been installed by Rama and Sita.

You can then go to Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), seven hours from Madurai, where there is a famous Vishnu temple. You could make a side trip to Kovalam or Kanyakumari, the southern most point in India. You could then head north to the interesting city of Mysore. You can then go to Bangalore.

An interesting town to visit is Udupi, by Mangalore, which has the famous Udupi Krishna Deity, installed by Madhvacarya. You could then go up to Hampi and maybe stop at Badami and the other temple towns by Badami. This entire trip takes at least a month.

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