Kyrgyzstan – Basil Leaf Holidays LLP

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

04 Nights – 05 Days

Day 1 Bishkek

On your arrival at Manas airport meet & greet service by our representative. Check in to your hotel. Day at leisure. Dinner at Indian restaurant with Indian buffet.

Day 2 Bishkek – Ala archa national park – Bishkek

After breakfast drive to Ala-Archa National Park (approx 1 hour drive – 35 kms) which is an alpine national park in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The park offers you amazing sightseeing & you can indulge in mountain & water sports activities. After lunch return to the hotel for relaxing. Evening free for leisure & entertainment.

Day 3 Bishkek – Burana Tower – Issyk Kul Lake

Drive to Issyk Kul Lake (3-4 hours drive – 225 kms). Issyk – kul refers to the lake & the region containing the lake. It is the world’s second largest salt lake & a major biological & economic resource of the country. Enjoy the magnificent view from the beach. Have lunch at local restaurant at lake side resort with Indian packed lunch. Drive back to Bishkek city.

Day 4 Bishkek full day city tour

Join Bishkek city glimpse tour which includes all attractive sightseeing in Bishkek like the museums, galleries & shopping malls. Dinner at Indian restaurant with Indian buffet.

Day 5 Bishkek – Delhi

Enjoy packed breakfast from hotel. Check out & transfer to airport. Board your flight for Delhi.

Tour ends with unforgettable memories.

Omkareshwar is a Hindu temple of Shiva and is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. It is located in Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh on an island called Mandhata in the Narmada river. The shape of the island is said to be like the ॐ in Devanagari script. There are two temples here – one called Omkareshwar (Lord of the sound ‘Om’) located on the island and the other called Mamleshwar (Amaleshwar) which means ‘immortal Lord’ or ‘Lord of the immortals or the Devas’ located on the south bank of the Narmada on the mainland.

Not one, not two, but three stories are famous about how this temple came into existence. One story states that once there was a war between the Devas and the Danavas and the Danavas won. The Devas prayed to Lord Shiva here and Shiva appeared in the form of Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga and defeated the Danavas. Another story states that Vindhya, the deity of Vindhyachal mountain was worshipping Shiva to propitiate himself from the sins committed by him. He created a Shivalinga of mud and clay. Shiva was very pleased with his worship and appeared in two forms – Omkareshwar & Amaleshwar. Since the mud mound was in the shape of Om the island came to be known as Omkareshwar. Yet another story states that Mandhata – an ancestor of Shri Ram worshipped Lord Shiva here until the Lord manifested in the form of a Jyotirlinga. Because of this the mountain is called Mandhata.

There is no authentic information available about who built the temple and when. The temple has 5 floors and various deities have been installed on all the floors. The afternoon prayer ritual is conducted by the priest of the Scindia family and the evening prayer ritual is conducted by the priest of the Holkar family. Many devotees first bathe in the Narmada and carry some of the river water to offer to the Shivalinga inside the temple. Every Monday the utsav murti of Lord Shiva is taken out in a procession in a palkhi.

The nearest airport is at Indore which is well connected with most of the major Indian cities. The nearest railway stations are Khandwa and Mhow. You can visit Omkareshwar along with Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain thus visiting two Jyotirlingas in one trip.

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