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The car is only yours
No detour to collect a stranger. No clock being watched. The back seat is yours from the moment the door opens.up to the licensed seating capacity of the car. Rides are never shared or pooled.
Mumbai's first hosted journey — a private car run the way a fine hotel is run. Your music already playing, an umbrella when it rains, and someone answerable for how you feel when you step out.
It is 11:40 at night and it is raining the way it only rains here.
You step out of the building and the car is already waiting — parked, lit, engine quiet. Before you reach the kerb your door is open and there is an umbrella above you, held so completely that you do not feel a single drop. The person holding it gets wet instead.
Inside, it is twenty-two degrees, because that is what you told us once. The music you asked for is already playing. There is a sealed bottle of water, and — because it is raining — a folded towel you never had to ask for.
Nobody says very much. You put your head back.
Twenty-six minutes later the sarathi is out first, umbrella up, walking you to your actual door — not the gate, the door — and waits until it closes behind you.
Twenty minutes of your life. Long enough to arrive composed, or to arrive frayed. Long enough to be looked after — or to be freight.
The industry perfected the map, the fare, the waiting time. Everything except the person in the seat. And so the journey quietly became the only part of your day that nobody was responsible for.
Nobody notices the flowers on your lap, the interview in ten minutes, the child asleep on your shoulder, the hospital you are driving away from. You give an address and become a booking ID.
Unlyra is that responsibility, taken.
Not a faster car. Not a cheaper one. A car with a host’s conscience — someone has thought about you before you arrive, and someone answerable for how you feel when you step out.
Transport moves your body. Hospitality receives you. For a hundred years those were two different industries — one for hotels, one for cars. Unlyra is the first in Mumbai built as the second, on wheels.
| What Unlyra is not | What Unlyra is | |
|---|---|---|
| Not knowing who is coming | → | Their name, photo and car number, before they arrive |
| A fare argued over at the end | → | A fare written down before you travel |
| A price that climbs when you need it most | → | One fare, the same in a storm as in sunshine |
| Explaining yourself all over again | → | A cabin already set the way you asked |
| Weather you simply have to endure | → | An umbrella in the rains, a cooled cabin in the heat |
| Dead time between two places | → | A part of the day worth having |
Our name carries the answer — a note of music, and a star to steer home by. That is what rides in every Unlyra: your song, and safe passage. The founder tells the whole story, a little further down.
In the greatest story this land has ever told, the most powerful being in it did not sit in the back seat. He chose the reins. The battle belonged to the warrior — but the direction, the timing, the counsel and the calm belonged to the one who drove. He was never called a driver. He was called sarathi.
That is the seat we train for. A driver moves a car; a sarathi watches over a journey — the route, the silence, the umbrella, the moment you step out feeling better than when you stepped in. So when your confirmation arrives, it will not say a driver has been assigned. It will say: your sarathi is on his way.
Duniya driver dhoondhti hai.
Hum sarathi bhejte hain.
The world looks for drivers. We send sarathis.
Not features. Rituals — performed the same way on your first ride and your hundredth, whether the car is full or you are the only one in it.
No detour to collect a stranger. No clock being watched. The back seat is yours from the moment the door opens.up to the licensed seating capacity of the car. Rides are never shared or pooled.
Twenty-two degrees. Your playlist, three songs in. Sandalwood so faint you notice it only when you step out. Set before the car leaves for you, not after you ask.Create your ride profilewe can only remember what you have told us — the first ride, simply say what you like. Fragrance is off unless you ask for it.
In the rains, an umbrella held entirely over you — which means your sarathi gets wet — and a folded towel on the seat. In summer the cabin is cooled before you reach it, with chilled water and a cold cloth. In winter it is warmed. Nobody mentions any of it.provided as the weather requires, at no charge. If something is unavailable we will say so rather than substitute silently.
The volume drops before you ask, not after. Take your call. Or say nothing at all for twenty-six minutes — that is a service too.your sarathi will still speak up for anything affecting safety, route or timing.
A charger that fits your phone, in reach without leaning. Sealed water. A phone stand if you need to look at a map or a face.USB-C, USB-A and Lightning. Water is sealed and replaced every ride, never refilled.
After dark we do not stop at the gate. We wait until the door closes behind you — then say, simply: it was a pleasure driving you today.to the door of your building or lobby, where it is safe and lawful to stop. We never ask you for a rating, a tip or a review.
Every registered rider receives one complimentary celebration ride each year — anywhere in Mumbai, the car dressed for the occasion.
One per registered rider each calendar year · up to two hours · within Mumbai city limits · booked at least 48 hours ahead · subject to availability. Additional hours, travel beyond the city or elaborate décor are quoted in writing beforehand.
Unlyra accepts a limited number of rides each day. Every car is prepared by hand, for one guest at a time.·If we're full, we'll tell you honestly — and hold your place for tomorrow.
We keep a small fleet and take a limited number of rides each day, so the coming days fill quickly. Tap a date to begin your booking.
If your car keeps you waiting more than 10 minutes past the booked time, we are sorry — and that ride is our gift.
How you receive it is entirely your choice.
Applied to your next journey, automatically.
No questions. No persuading. No delay.
We apply it ourselves before you ask — you will simply be asked which you would prefer. You can also set a preference in advance in your account. The cost is borne by Unlyra, never by your sarathi, so no one is ever rushed on the road. Safety is never traded for a stopwatch.
The promise covers delays that are ours: a late start, a wrong turn, a car that was not ready. It does not apply where the road itself was closed — flooding, a protest or procession, an accident, a police or VIP restriction, or any condition outside our reasonable control — nor where the pickup point given cannot lawfully be reached by car, nor where the address or timing was changed after your sarathi set out. We will always show you where the car was and when. Full terms.
Travel across Mumbai with your sarathi, tuned to exactly how you like to travel.
Share your pickup, destination and time — here or on WhatsApp. No account required.
Within minutes you receive your sarathi's name, photo and car number. Your preferences are set before he leaves.
The car waits for you — fifteen minutes of complimentary waiting, always. Pay after the ride — weddings and events hold the date with an advance, agreed first.
Anything else you'd like to know? Read the questions we're asked most.
No surge, no negotiation, no surprise at the end. Choose your journey and see the estimate at once.
Not sure? Check the distance in Google Maps, or simply ask us — we'll tell you honestly.
The fare you see is the fare you pay. It includes your sarathi, fuel, and fifteen minutes of complimentary waiting — forty-five minutes for airport arrivals, with your flight tracked. Waiting beyond that is charged by the minute at the published rate, and your sarathi will always tell you before the clock starts. Tolls and parking at actuals. Between 11 PM and 6 AM a published Night Care rate of 20% applies — already in your quote before you travel, and still below the city's own 25% night tariff. Nothing else is ever added, and there is no surge, ever.
Share the details — we confirm your ride on WhatsApp within minutes.
Can't find the place? Tap 🗺️ Pin on map and drop the pin on the exact gate — it works even where no address exists. Or type the nearest landmark, paste a Google Maps link or Plus Code (e.g. 7JWV+X8), or share your location on WhatsApp after booking. 📎 → Location
We confirm exactly which car is coming when we accept your booking. Celebration and wedding prices are published on our fares page.
Subject to availability. If we can arrange it, we will and we'll tell you the fare first. If we cannot, we will say so honestly rather than send something else and hope. The car may differ; the care never does.
By confirming, you agree to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.
Riding often? Create my profile — the house fills these details for you next time.
No account needed — book as a guest above. Create a profile and the car remembers you next time — and your welcome gift will be waiting.
Rather just talk? Leave your number — we'll call you →
The same care, without WhatsApp. Only your name, number, route and time are needed — everything else simply helps us prepare.
A concierge will be in touch shortly with your sarathi's name, the car number and the exact fare.
We grow slower than demand — and only with the right people. If you share our standard of care, there is a seat at this table.
Professional sarathis who believe hospitality is a craft. Trained, respected, and never asked to beg for ratings.
Apply →Own a sedan or luxury vehicle that deserves better work? Partner your car into the Unlyra fleet.
Enquire →Corporate accounts, executive travel and event fleets — one line, monthly billing, absolute reliability.
Talk to us →Your guests arrive by cab and it is a lottery. Give them one reliable car instead — and we will do three transfers for you at no charge, so you can judge it yourself.
Talk to us →Unlyra began with a small, stubborn observation: the part of the day that carries you between everything that matters is the one part nobody has ever bothered to make good.
So we built the opposite of a cab company. Everything here — the training, the rituals, the promise on lateness, the refusal to ever ask you for a rating — exists to serve one sentence: you should arrive better than you left.
Like a legendary kitchen that keeps its taste identical for decades, ride #1 and ride #1,000 must feel the same. We grow slower than demand — always.
We never ask for ratings or tips. If a ride was extraordinary, you'll say so yourself. Confidence is silent — the ride is the ask.
Once a year, every member's car arrives decorated — because arriving somewhere should sometimes feel like being received.
"Our name hides a note: lyra — the small harp of the old myths, and the constellation sailors steered home by. Music and direction. That is what rides in every Unlyra: your song, and someone who knows the way. Look closely at our mark — the U carries the strings."
Especially late, especially alone. These are not features — they are the minimum we owe you.
Licence, badge and police verification checked before a single guest is carried. You receive their name, photo and car number before they arrive.sent when the booking is confirmed. If the sarathi changes, we tell you before the ride.
Decline the sarathi assigned to you before a ride — no reason needed, no cost, and we send another. Tell us any preference about who drives you — including a woman sarathi. We are a small house and cannot always promise it, but we will always tell you honestly before you travel.declining the assigned sarathi is free and another is sent. Sarathis are never penalised financially for a guest's preference.
Uncomfortable for any reason? Say so and we stop at the next safe point — no explanation needed, nothing to pay for the journey so far, and another car sent to you at once. This is for comfort and safety — a ride ended for a change of plan is charged for the distance completed.
One tap sends your live journey to someone you trust — sarathi name, car number and route.shared from your own phone via WhatsApp live location, so nothing is stored by us.
After dark, our sarathi waits until you are safely inside — not merely at the kerb.included in every fare, with no waiting charge for the walk itself.
Tell us once, privately, and that sarathi will never be assigned to you. No explanation asked for, ever.recorded against your profile permanently. The sarathi is not told who asked.
In an emergency, tap ✚ emergency ride — it alerts us and dials us at once, 24×7.
A private sarathi-driven car in Mumbai, run the way a fine hotel is run — reserved in advance, confirmed by a person, with a sarathi trained as a sarathi: someone answerable for the whole journey, not just the driving.
Sarathi (सारथी) is the old Sanskrit word for the one entrusted with the journey — Krishna was Arjuna’s sarathi. We use it because “driver” describes a task; sarathi describes a trust. Every Unlyra sarathi is police-verified, named to you before he arrives with his photo and car number, and answerable for how you feel when you step out.
A ride solves distance. A hosted journey solves the arrival — the cabin prepared to your preferences, your music already playing, the door opened, the umbrella up in the rain, and one person answerable by name. It is the difference between transport and hospitality, and Unlyra is Mumbai’s first.
No — and we don't compete with them. A taxi app moves you between two points; that problem is solved. Unlyra exists for what those rides leave out: the door opened, the cabin cooled before you arrive, the umbrella in the rains, your music already playing, a fare written down before you travel. Not another ride platform — the experience every ride platform missed.
For the days that matter: an airport run that must not go wrong, a parent travelling alone, a birthday arriving decorated, a guest you want received properly, or simply a working hour reclaimed in a quiet, cool cabin. People come for one occasion and stay because the car remembers them.
Tell us on WhatsApp, or use the form above. We confirm within minutes with your sarathi's name and car number.
Per the notified Mumbai tariff — no surge, ever. Between 11 PM and 6 AM a published Night Care rate of 20% applies, shown in your quote before you travel — while ride apps surge two to three times at those hours. Celebration, wedding and corporate packages are quoted in writing before you confirm.
Free until 30 minutes before pickup. Inside 30 minutes, ₹100 covers the sarathi's journey to you. If we cancel, you are never charged.
Beyond 10 minutes past the booked time, the ride is our gift — as wallet credit with 20% extra, or refunded to your card. Your choice. It covers delays that are ours; it does not apply when a road is closed by flooding, a procession, an accident or a police restriction, or when the pickup point cannot be reached by car.
Say "please stop." The car stops at the next safe place — water, air, and no charge for the pause, however long it takes. If you'd like medical attention, we take you to the nearest suitable facility with your consent, and the diversion is never charged. If a guest is unresponsive, your sarathi calls 108 and follows their guidance.
Yes. Add their name and number when booking — we greet them by name and send the details to them as well.
Yes — ₹200 credited to your Unlyra wallet after your first completed and paid journey, then applied to your next one.The wallet belongs to a registered rider, so the gift is credited once you have created a profile — a name and mobile number is all it takes, and you can do it after the ride. One gift per person and per mobile number. It is not given on guest bookings until a profile exists, cannot be exchanged for cash, and is valid twelve months.
You may tell us a preference — a sedan, more space, or something special for an occasion. We confirm exactly which car is coming when we accept your booking. Whatever arrives, the care is identical.
UPI, card or cash — after the ride. Weddings and large events hold the date with an advance, agreed in writing first. A payment link arrives on WhatsApp.
Once a year, every registered rider gets a complimentary decorated ride within Mumbai — up to two hours, booked 48 hours ahead, subject to availability. Additional celebration rides start at ₹3,500 for two hours, decorated, with the price published on our fares page rather than quoted on the day.
Yes — decline any sarathi before the ride at no cost, ask us to stop at any point if you feel uncomfortable (you pay nothing for the journey so far), or tell us privately that someone should never be assigned to you again. No reason is ever required. This is for your comfort and safety, not a way to shorten a fare.
Of course — a washroom, a tea, a moment to stretch. Say so and we stop at the next safe and suitable place. One stop per journey is complimentary — up to 5 minutes on a city ride, up to 15 minutes on longer, hourly and outstation journeys. Any further stop, or time beyond that, is ₹5 a minute and your sarathi will tell you before the clock starts.
If you are running errands — shopping, a bank, several calls — take an hourly package instead. The car and sarathi stay with you throughout, with as many stops as you like, and it works out kinder than a meter.
Fifteen minutes of waiting is complimentary on every city booking, and forty-five minutes after an airport landing with your flight tracked. If a flight is delayed by more than three hours, we simply re-time the booking at no charge rather than run a meter. Beyond that we charge by the minute at our published rate — ₹5 a minute for the Signature car — and your sarathi will always tell you before the clock starts. We would rather say it plainly than surprise you at the end.
Rides run at every hour, day and night — across Mumbai, both airport terminals, Navi Mumbai and Thane. Reserve any time on WhatsApp or unlyra.com; our concierge confirms between 7 AM and 11 PM, and pre-booked night rides are always honoured.
It is built for exactly that. Every sarathi is police-verified and named to you with his photo and car number before he arrives. You may decline any sarathi with no reason and no cost, share your live ride with someone you trust in one tap, stop the ride at any point you feel uncomfortable and pay nothing for the journey so far — and after dark, your sarathi waits until your door closes behind you, not the gate. You can also tell us privately that someone should never drive you again.
Message us immediately, or write to [email protected]. We hold found items securely for 30 days and return them to you at no charge.
No. Everything works on WhatsApp and unlyra.com — booking, fares, your saved profile and preferences. Add unlyra.com to your home screen and it opens like an app. When we build one, your profile comes with you.
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