INDIA - Maha Pancha Bhuta (5 Elements) Pilgrimage

November 20-30, South India 2025

This isn’t just a retreat—it’s a sacred pilgrimage through some of the most spiritually potent sites in India.

In this year’s journey, we travel through Tamil Nadu, home to the ancient elemental temples of India. Each temple is dedicated to one of the five elements—earth (prithivi), water (apas), fire (agni/tejas), air (vayu), and space (akasha). According to Vedic wisdom, these five elements form the foundation of all life. You are made of them. The world expresses through them. When we consciously engage with them, we create harmony, flow, and karmic release.

Where attention goes, energy flows.

And when we move our bodies across space and time to offer that attention in person, the reciprocity of Nature magnifies.

  • We won’t just see temples. We’ll experience them.

    We’ll sit in ancient shrines where sages once meditated.

    We’ll experience the very forces that make up our inner and outer worlds.

    We’ll balance the elements within ourselves, deepen our alignment, and open the door to profound karmic release.

    You’ll be guided throughout by Georgia and Pandit Baskaran, a dear friend and Vedic Master who will join us for the full journey. Ahead of each temple visit, we’ll engage in specific kriyas to attune to the corresponding element & open the channels to receive directly.

    This is the first time Georgia is offering this pilgrimage to students after walking it personally—and the transformation is real.

  • ✨ Visit the 5 Great Elemental Temples of South India

    ✨ Meditate in sacred temple grounds and perform powerful yagyas (Vedic fire ceremonies)

    ✨ Experience darshan with a living Siddha, a perfected being who has not eaten or drunk water for 20 years

    ✨ Cleanse your karma in the 22 sacred tirthas of Rameshwaram

    ✨ Integrate with 3 days of rounding and oceanside yagyas in Kanniyakumari

    ✨ Daily Vedic knowledge, kriya, connection, and deeply nourishing South Indian cuisine (hello, idli & dosa & chai!)

  • Nov 20 — Arrive in Chennai (retreat begins at 3pm)

    Nov 21 — Travel to Siddha Mountain for darshan; stay in Vellore

    Nov 22 —

    • Sri Kalahasti (Air element, Vayu) – Powerful for balancing breath, nervous system & those in Rahu/Ketu dashas

    • Kanchipuram (Earth element, Prithivi) – One of India’s oldest temples, revived by Adi Shankara; stay overnight

    Nov 23 —

    • Thiruvannamalai (Fire element, Agni) – Home of Ramana Maharshi & the sacred Annamalai hills

    Nov 24 —

    • Chidambaram (Space element, Akasha) – The temple of consciousness & the cosmic dance of Shiva

    Drive to Thanjavur

    Nov 25 —

    • Witness dawn ritual at Thanjavur Temple

    • Trichy (Water element, Apas) – Jambukeswarar Temple, Shiva as water

    Travel to Rameshwaram

    Nov 25–27 —

    • Bathe in the 22 tirthas at Rameshwaram

    • Perform ocean-side yagyas with Panditji

    Nov 27–30 —

    • Rounding & Rest at Kanniyakumari (southern tip of India)

    • Oceanside sunrise yagyas and deep integration

    Nov 30 —

    • Retreat concludes. Group transfer to Thiruvananthapuram (TRV) Airport

    (Recommended flight: 10.20am Indigo to Chennai)

  • Investment

    $5900 NZD twin share

    $7100 NZD single occupancy

    Secure your place with a $1000 deposit

    50% due by July 15, 100% due by September 15

    (Payment plans available on request)

    Inclusions:

    ✔ All accommodation

    ✔ All meals

    ✔ All group transport and entry fees

    ✔ All teachings, ceremonies, kriya, and guiding support

    Exclusions:

    ❌ Flights to/from India

    ❌ Personal snacks, chai/desserts outside meal times

    ❌ Spa treatments or personal expenses

    ❌ Optional Chennai accommodation before/after pilgrimage

    Note: In Kanniyakumari, the twin-share room includes a trundle bed. If you prefer to upgrade to your own room for this final leg, a $450 supplement applies.

Are You Feeling the Pull?

This is a rare, powerful opportunity to walk sacred land, clear karma, and realign your energy in a way that only India makes possible.

These final few spots carry their own energetic significance—they’re for those who know they’re meant to be there.

If that’s you, I can’t wait to welcome you.

👉 Apply Now or Book a Call to chat

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“To experience India under Georgia’s expert guidance was absolutely incredible and an opportunity not to be missed. I can’t wait for my next trip with her one day!”

- Kate, India 2024

“To sum up this pilgrimage in a few words is impossible. Its life changing, its deep, its heart opening, its full of the most amazing experiences that words cannot describe, there’s abundant chai, new friends, most beautiful places, temples, caves, yagya, connections and so much love! Counting down the days to return this November!”

- Emily, India 2024

“Last year’s trip to northern India with Georgia Vavasour was unforgettable—I fell in love with the country, made lasting friendships, and I can't wait to return with her to southern India this year.”

- Jessie-Lee, India 2024