Vana Retreat, Dehradun: Om chanting at India's five-star ashram

By Michael Gebicki
Updated May 25 2015 - 11:08am, first published 10:20am
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Massage treatment at Vana Retreat, India.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp,
modern aesthetic.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp, modern aesthetic.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp,
modern aesthetic.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp, modern aesthetic.
Five-star ashram: Vana Retreat, India.
Five-star ashram: Vana Retreat, India.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp,
modern aesthetic.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp, modern aesthetic.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp,
modern aesthetic.
Idyllic: Vana Retreat is a sophisticated resort that fuses Indian traditions and therapies with stylish spa cuisine and a crisp, modern aesthetic.

From Dehradun's Jolly Grant Airport, a one-hour flight from Delhi, Thano Road kinks into knots as it threads between forest and farms, and into the foothills of the Himalayas. It's the village India tapestry: cows, goats, sugar cane, mud, scampering langur monkeys and children by the thousand.

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