A small whitewashed shrine with a dry-stone slate roof on a rocky summit, votive cairns and a yellow pennant beside it, a long snow-covered range across the horizon and hazy valleys falling away on both sides

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Pilgrimage and Temples

From Char Dham to shrines few travellers ever find, every step of the planning is ours to carry.

Explore Our Pilgrimage Trips

From well known shrines to the quiet ones, here’s what we cover.

  • A stone Himalayan temple at first light below a snow-covered ridge

    Four shrines on one circuit — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, taken in the order the mountains allow. Eleven days, paced so each dham gets a morning rather than a stop.

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  • Brightly painted houses stacked on a rock bluff above a fast turquoise river

    Kedarnath and Badrinath in one circuit. The two Himalayan dhams, for travellers who have the days for a pilgrimage but not the fortnight.

  • A stone temple with a carved spire on a wet forecourt under low cloud and snow

    Sixteen kilometres on foot to a twelfth-century shrine below the Kedarnath peak. Walk it, or fly the last leg and save your legs for the temple steps.

  • A glacial river running through a steep green valley below cloud-wrapped cliffs

    The last village before Tibet. Vishnu’s seat at Badrinath, the hot springs at Tapt Kund, and the caves at Mana an easy walk beyond.

  • A temple in a forested gorge below a waterfall and snow-covered peaks

    The Yamuna’s source, reached by a six-kilometre climb through the gorge, where pilgrims still cook rice in the hot spring at the top.

  • A braided river running through pine forest below a snow-covered range

    The Ganga’s seat at Gangotri, with Harsil’s deodar forest and apple orchards an hour below — the quiet half of the Char Dham road.

What We Offer

SVVAYAM promises off-the-radar, authentic journeys through the Indian Himalaya, each one private, personal and tailor-made.

  • Private homestay accommodation
  • Meals prepared by local hosts
  • Every activity with expert local guides
  • Dedicated transport throughout your journey
  • Fully tailor-made itineraries

Some places are not found. They are arrived at, slowly, on their own time. Every path we plan has been walked long before it had a name, and long before it needed one.

How to Start Your Journey

Getting started is simple, whichever path you choose.

  • Pick Your Pull

    Faith, adventure, altitude, sky, or stillness. Start with what's calling you.

  • We Shape It

    Nothing off the shelf. Just a plan built around your time, your pace.

  • Say Yes

    You confirm. We handle everything from there.

Ready When You Are

Planned for whenever you’re ready. An experience shaped around you.

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