Mumbai to Indore and Ujjain

Ujjain and Omkareshwar, the two jyotirlingas of the Narmada country.

Indore is about 590 kilometres from Mumbai by the Agra road through Nashik and Dhule — ten to eleven hours. Ujjain and the Mahakaleshwar temple are an hour beyond it, Omkareshwar two hours the other way. Most guests fly to Indore and are met; families who want their own car for the pilgrimage take the road over two days.

I

Fly to Indore, and be met

A car waiting at Indore's airport — to Ujjain for the Mahakal darshan, to Omkareshwar on the Narmada, and back for the flight home.

II

The darshan

The Bhasma Aarti at Mahakaleshwar is booked ahead and begins before dawn; the house plans the night around it. The car waits through every queue.

III

By road, over two days

Through Nashik and Dhule, a night on the way, and Indore the next afternoon — with the car for every temple, and home the same way.

Which car

At Indore, a seven-seater for a family with elders. For the road from Mumbai, the Carnival — low step, a wide sliding door — or the Innova Crysta or Hycross.

How the house drives a long road

Ten hours, then restA sarathi's day at the wheel ends after about ten hours of driving. A longer road is two days, with a night on the way that the house arranges — or a second driver, written into the figure.
Not between midnight and fiveThe open highway is not driven in the small hours. The house plans the day so the miles fall in daylight and the evening.
Every state, licensedThe car carries a tourist permit for every state it enters, with its papers in the glovebox. Any state's charge at the border is inside the written figure.
One figure, written firstThe car, your sarathi, fuel, every toll, parking, the sarathi's stay and GST — written before you travel. Nothing is added on the road.

Or fly, and be met

When the road is longer than the day deserves, the house takes you to the terminal in Mumbai and has a car waiting at Indore's airport when you land — a licensed partner the house has vetted, held to its standard, with the chauffeur's name and the car's number sent to you the evening before. The house answers for it as it answers for its own, and the car home from the Mumbai airport is waiting when you return. Ask for it when you reserve; it is written as one figure.

Reserve the journeyChoose Beyond the city. The figure is written first.

Questions guests ask

How far is Indore from Mumbai by road?
About 590 km by the Agra road through Nashik and Dhule — ten to eleven hours, which the house makes two days.
How far is Ujjain from Indore?
About 55 km, an hour by road. Omkareshwar is about 80 km from Indore in the other direction.
Can the house plan around the Bhasma Aarti?
Yes. It is booked ahead through the temple and begins before dawn; the house plans the night and the car around it.

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