Day Tour : Lucknow – Kanpur (125Km- 3 Hrs ) Lucknow (125Km- 3 Hrs )
You will be pick-up from hotel/residence in Lucknow and drive to Kanpur, Visit Kanpur was established as a trade center on the banks of the river Ganges by the early British settlers. Even today it is purely a commercial and industrial city. Kanpur is said to have been the center of the most tragic events of the Mutiny of 1857. Today the All Souls Garrison Church that stands on the site that was the Wheeler’s entrenchment bears testimony to some of the most horrific events of that time. Sati Chaura Ghat is also called the Massacre Ghats (river bank) is situated on the banks of the Ganges.
Bithur is situated on the banks of the Ganges 25km upstream from Kanpur and about 125 km from Lucknow. According to Hindu mythology, Bithur was known as Brahmateerth and Rishi Valmiki is supposed to have composed the Ramayana here. Life on earth is said to have begun from here by Lord Brahma. This is also the site where the Sepoys followed by the British crossed over the Ganges on their way to Lucknow in 1857. Places of interest here are the Brahmavarta Ghat, the temples of Luv-Kush, Dhruv Tila and the Valmiki Ashram. Later, drive back to Lucknow & drop to Hotel/Residence/Railway Station.