Kanpur · On the Ganges

Vellari

A garden estate, coming this winter

Fifteen acres of lawn along the river, forty-two rooms, and a table worth crossing the city for. We open our gates in December.

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Our Story

A house built around its garden

Long before it was a hotel, this was a garden — four generations of banyan, champa and mango trees, and a lawn that has hosted weddings since before Kanpur had streetlights.

We've built forty-two rooms and a restaurant around what was already here, the old trees kept exactly where they stood. What's new is quieter: better beds, a proper kitchen, water that runs hot.

42 Rooms & Suites

15 Acres of Lawn & Orchard

1958 Year the Garden Was Planted

Within the Grounds

Six ways to spend a day here

Rooms

Forty-two rooms and suites, each facing either the lawn or the river.

The Restaurant

An open kitchen serving what our own garden grows, breakfast to midnight.

The Lawn

Fifteen acres for weddings, mornings, and everything between.

The Verandah Bar

Cane chairs, slow fans, and a short list of very good drinks.

The Spa

Two treatment rooms tucked behind the orchard wall.

The Pool

An unheated lap pool, shaded by the old banyan tree.

A Day at Vellari

Morning to night

Morning

Coffee on the lawn while the mist is still sitting on it.

Afternoon

The pool, the shade of the banyan, and nowhere to be.

Evening

The verandah, a good drink, the lawn lit with lanterns.

Night

Turned-down sheets and the sound of the river outside.

Be the first through the gates

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