Send a parcel from Jaipur to Varanasi. We pick up free.
Roughly 990 kilometres east via Lucknow and NH19 — 2–3 working days on DTDC’s surface network, or next-morning on express. Pickup from your Jaipur address — Pink City old town, C-Scheme, Malviya Nagar, Vaishali Nagar, Mansarovar, Sanganer — is free for parcels of 5 kg or more.
Pickup in Jaipur, hub via Delhi, onward to Lucknow → Varanasi.
Pickup, Jaipur.
Within 60–90 minutes of your call. We bring tape, bubble wrap and a luggage scale; the parcel is sealed at your address — Johari Bazaar shop, Sanganer block-print unit, C-Scheme office, Mansarovar/Vaishali Nagar home.
Hub transit.
Same-evening handover to DTDC’s Jaipur facility, then road movement on NH48 to the Delhi sortation hub overnight.
Lucknow → Varanasi.
Onward via NH19 to the Lucknow hub, then last-mile across Varanasi — Cantonment, Sigra, Chowk, Lanka (BHU), Sarnath, Vishwanath Gali. Express moves the entire stretch by air via Delhi for next-morning delivery.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered, we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour.
Starting rates, Jaipur → Varanasi.
Final price depends on actual or volumetric weight (whichever is greater) plus the fuel surcharge in force on your booking date. GST is extra.
- Standard parcel (surface) from ₹120 / kg 2–3 working days via Delhi → Lucknow. Min billable 5 kg.
- Express parcel (air) from ₹180 / kg Next-morning delivery for bookings before 1 PM. Door delivery.
- Bulk consignment (35 kg+) from ₹120 / kg Min 35 kg. Surface routing.
Pickup is free in Jaipur on this lane for parcels 5 kg and above. Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Banarasi-saree wholesale, BHU paperwork, Kashi pilgrim returns.
Gem-trade non-precious to Varanasi Marwari merchants
Pink City’s Johari Bazaar gem trade ships non-precious stones, sample lots and design samples to Varanasi Marwari buyers in Vishwanath Gali and Thatheri Bazaar. Precious-metal pieces and certified gems need declared-value cover — non-precious only on the standard lane.
Banarasi-saree wholesale (B2B)
Chowk and Vishwanath Gali silk-saree wholesale is the lane’s biggest commercial flow back to Pink-City Marwari retailers. Brocade wedding-saree shipments, zari samples, dispatcher consignments. We handle the KYC + commercial-invoice paperwork for non-precious silk; precious-metal zari needs declared-value cover.
BHU / IIT-BHU student care-kits
Care-kits to Banaras Hindu University, IIT-BHU and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith hostels from Jaipur parents. Books, kitchen-kits, seasonal clothes — peak in July–August and January.
Kashi-Vishwanath / Manikarnika pilgrim returns
Pink-City Marwari families who visited Kashi-Vishwanath, Manikarnika or Dashashwamedh ghat ship shawls, books, dry prasad packs and souvenirs back home before they leave the city.
BHU / IIT-BHU sealed-cover paperwork
Admission packets, transcripts, signed contracts, examination paperwork — moved on Express only on this lane, since the surface stretch is too long for time-sensitive originals.
Marwari business documents to Vishwanath Gali / Thatheri Bazaar
Long-standing Marwari merchant community in Varanasi — recurring B2B parcels Jaipur ↔ Varanasi for wholesale samples, family papers, festival shipments. Single GST invoice on regular slots.
A short, real list.
DTDC (and every air-network courier) prohibits these. Items most often misjudged on the Jaipur → Varanasi lane:
Banned outright
- Liquids of any kind — perfumes, attars, oils, gels, hand sanitiser
- Aerosols and pressurised cans
- Cosmetics, nail polish, fragrance samples
- Flammable solids and matches
- Currency notes and gold/silver bullion
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh on the air leg
Common misjudgements on this lane
- Zardosi-saree pieces with metallic-thread oils — handle separately; never with attar bottles or oily samples in the same parcel.
- Fresh laddoos / kachoris — perishable. Vishwanath Gali sweets do not survive the lane.
- Banarasi-paan — perishable, leaf-based; do not pack with regular parcels.
- Aerosols / loose handmade incense — paste-based agarbatti is treated as flammable solid.
AWB on WhatsApp. Track on dtdc.in. POD when it lands.
The moment the parcel is booked into DTDC, we send you the AWB number on WhatsApp. Type it into the public tracker at dtdc.in any time. When delivery happens we forward the POD — signed slip or photo — within the hour.
Specific to Jaipur → Varanasi.
I’m sending Banarasi-saree wholesale from a Pink-City retailer to a Varanasi mill — how should it be packed?
Flat-pack with acid-free tissue between layers, then a corrugated outer carton with desiccant pouches if monsoon is in play — silk and zari hate humidity. We seal the carton in tamper-evident wrap, attach the commercial invoice + KYC envelope on the outside (visible to DTDC sortation), and book it under your GSTIN. For high-value brocade wedding shipments, ask us about declared-value cover before pickup — DTDC’s default liability is limited.
Do you deliver to Sarnath, Chunar or Mirzapur?
Yes via DTDC last-mile. Sarnath (~10 km from Varanasi) — same day or next morning. Chunar (~40 km) — add 1 working day. Mirzapur (~85 km) — add 1 working day, sometimes 2 in monsoon. We will confirm the realistic ETA before you book.
I’m sending a BHU / IIT-BHU student care-kit. What works?
The pattern that works: textbooks (heavy, surface-fine), a kitchen kit (steel utensils, dry rations — atta, dal, rice, masalas, no oil/ghee), seasonal clothes for the Banaras winter, a steel tiffin. What does not: pickle, ghee, homemade laddoos, any liquid medicine. BHU hostel address routing works fine — we put the hostel block + room number on the AWB and the warden’s office signs.