India Travel & Logistics
9 Day Kaivalaya Marga Liberation Retreat in Tiruvannamalai, South India
January 5th - 13th, 2025
(Travel days: Arrival in Southern India -Chennai-January 2nd, and Departure no sooner than January 15th)
ARUNACHALA - TIRUVANNAMALAI, INDIA
RETREAT VENUE:
HOTEL ARUNAI ANANTHA (Aanaipirandaan village panchayat, NH 77, Bangalore – Pondicherry, Chengam Road, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, 606 603)
Pricing:
Online/Virtual Attendance — $888
In-Person Attendance — $2800
In-Person Price Includes:
Retreat tuition: for 9 days.
Meals: all meals included from the 5th till 13th, plus dinner the arrival day on the 4th. Please let us know in advance if you have any dietary restrictions.
All prices are tax included
If the Indian Rupee appreciates more than 5% against the US dollar, prices in US dollars will be adjusted and we will inform everyone accordingly.
It Does Not Include:
Accommodation: We have selected a variety of comfortable 5 to 3-star hotels in Tiruvannamalai, all within close proximity to the retreat venue.
Air Transportation: from and to Chennai airport on the arrival day or the departure day will be arranged and paid individually. Shanti Kumar, from Shanti Travels, will coordinate the transportation. Retreat participants will need to contact him directly, as soon as possible, providing the Airline arrival/Departure details (or Chennai hotel details), and if you are travelling by yourself or with others in the same flight.
Due to the long drive between Chennai and Tiru, if your plane arrives after 4pm we advise that you spend the night near the airport.
We recommend the TRIDENT Hotel which is about 10 min from the airport. They can pick you up at the airport.
https://www.tridenthotels.com/hotels-in-chennai/?utm_source=GMBlisting&utm_medium=organic
The HILTON hotel is about 12 min from the airport.https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/maahihi-hilton-chennai/?SEO_id=GMB-APAC-HI-MAAHIHI
Local Transportation: Shanti Kumar, from Shanti Travels, will coordinate the transportation on an individual basis. Retreat participants will need to contact him directly, as soon as possible, providing the Airline arrival/Departure details (or Chennai hotel details), and if you are travelling by yourself or with others in the same flight.
Chennai airport pickup Rupees 4000, Bangalore Airport pickup Rupees 5800.
Chennai city pickup Rupees 4600, Bangalore city pickup Rupees 5700.
You can communicate with Shanti Kumar or with Tiago by email or WhatsApp.
Whatapp +919443210235
Important to Note:
It will not be possible to join retreat later than the morning of January 5th or leave before the evening of January 13th, 2025.
We recommend you fly into Chennai, India (Airport Code: MAA) airport which is about 4 hours drive to the retreat location. You can also consider flying into Bengaluru (BLR), which may have less expensive flight options. Bengaluru is approximately 5 hours by taxi to Tiru.
You will need a passport that is currently valid for at least 6 months, and a travel visa (tourist visa) to enter the country.https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html
Obtaining Travel Visas
You must obtain a travel visa to India (tourist visa) by completing an on-line application. Go to eVISA and follow instructions for “tourist visa” at:
https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html
For the reference name/address in India, if you haven’t applied for your visa yet, please enter the following information depending on which hotel you are staying:
ARUNAI ANANTHA. Aanaipirandaan village panchayat, NH 77, Banagalore – Pondicherry, Chengam Road, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, 606 603. Name: SARAVANAN THANGAVEL. Telephone: +91 7010316996
SANGAM HOUSE. 110/3 R S Nagar, Plot 108, Ramana Ashram Post, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 606603. Name: ANTHONY DE ANDRADE. Telephone: +91 9952628312
SPARSA HOTEL. 34, Athiyanthal Village, Chengam Road, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 606603. Name: RAJASEKARAN. Telephone: +91 989431009
ASHREYA HOTEL. 9, Ganapathy Nagar,Chengam road, Near GirivalamTiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 606603. Name: SRINIVASAN. Telephone: +91 9360013511
RAMANA TOWERS. 10/J/1 Chengam Road, 4th Street, TSR Nagar, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 606603. Name: MOHAN. Telephone: +91 729 9489875
LA WOOD RESORT. #1, Parvathy Nagar, Anaipiranthan Village, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 606603. Name: RAMANUJAN. Telephone:+91 9025175305
Enter “Tiruvannamalai” for the place you are going in India. Enter “tourism” for why you are going. Enter ““Tiruvannamalai” for district.
Please note that if you are applying for a 30-day visa, you have to wait until 30 days prior to your departure.
Retreat Preparations
It will not be possible to join retreat later than the morning of January 5th or leave before the evening of January 13th, 2025.
If you do arrive early, please do not exhaust yourself, and we suggest that you NOT try to see “Spiritual India” beforehand. Please rest in a state of prayer and intention in preparation for retreat.
Please be clear that we will not see much of India during retreat. This is not a tour of South India. That said, you will have plenty of opportunity to be with and on the sacred mountain, Arunachala. This is, after all, one of THE sacred sites, one of the THE portals of Light, on the earth plane.
If you would like to do some site seeing or shopping, you may choose to stay a little longer after retreat.
Retreat itself is a time of deep rest in the Grace of the Spirit, and it is also true that opening your system to being able to hold much more Light is a profound adjustment that involves foundational change, and having plenty of time to rest is the way to integrate this life-changing process of healing and illumination.
You are invited to come with no expectation whatsoever, armed only with your heart’s intention, ready to dive deep within yourself, and prepared to cross new thresholds in your capacity for joy, love, ease, flow and Grace.
“Don’t be satisfied with stories,
How things have gone with others.
Unfold your own myth.”
“You were born with wings,
Why prefer to crawl through life?”
“Your heart knows the way.
Run in that direction.”
“Your task is not to seek for love,
But merely to seek and find all the barriers
Within yourself that you have built against it.”
“Knock, And He’ll open the door
Vanish, And He’ll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He’ll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He’ll turn you into everything.”
“Exhale only Love."
— Rumi