Duration :11 Nights / 12 Days
Places to See :Delhi - Lucknow - Sravasti - Lumbani - Kushinagar - Vaishali
- Patna - Nalanda - Rajgir - Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Welcome in India. On arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel
Transfer to airport/Railway station to board flight/Train for Lucknow. Overnight
at Train /Over night at Hotel.
Drive to Sravasti. On arrival check-in at hotel. The city believed to be founded
by the mythological king Sravast, has age-old stupas, majestic monasteries and several
temples. Buddha is said to have performed some miracles here.This holy place also
has the famous Anand Bodhi tree, an offspring of the one, said to have been planted
by Buddha's main disciple. Overnight at hotel.
Drive to Bhuddha Birth Place On arrival check-in at hotel .On arrival check-in at
hotel. Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, was located in 1890 after being untraced
for 1,500 years.
Lumbini grove, the sacred site of Lord Buddha's birth is toDay a small village in
Nepal, 27 km from Sonauli on the Indo-Nepal Border. Overnight at hotel .
Drive to Kushinagar. On arrival check-in at hotel., Kushinagar is the place where
Lord Gautam Buddha breathed his last. The religious significance of Kushinagar can
be perceived by the fact that a large number of followers visit this place everyDay.
This is also the place where Lord Buddha preached his last sermon and said, /"All
things must pass. Decay is inherent in all things". Overnight at hotel
Drive to Patna. Enroute visit Vaishali. On arrival check-in at hotel. Overnight
at hotel.
Drive to Bodhgaya. Enroute visit Nalanda and Rajgir. Nalanda was the most renowned
university in ancient India. It derived its name from Na-alam-da, meaning Insatiable
in Giving, one of the names by which the Lord Buddha was known. Established in the
5th century B.C. The first Buddhist structures at Rajgir were raised when Ajatsatni
built a monastery, and a stupa over his share of the Buddha's ashes. That reliquary
is now a mound used as a graveyard. The Japanese much later have built the World
Peace Stupa, with its gilded images of the Buddha. Rajgir also has the Nipponzan
Myohoji, the Japanese temple, and the Centaur Hokke Club which offers some traditional
facilities to Japanese pilgrims. On arrival check-in at hotel. Overnight at hotel.
As the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment, Bodhgaya is the spiritual home of Buddhists.
It attracts tens of thousands of believers from all over the world. Bodhgaya situated
near the river Niranjana, is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage centres since
it was here that Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Overnight at
hotel.
Drive to Varanasi. On arrival check-in at hotel. Rest of Day is free for personal
activities. Overnight at hotel.
Sarnath, 10 km from Varanasi, where the Buddha preached his first sermon in the
Deer Park, contains the most impressive remains, as well as a modem temple.The Dharmarajika,
Chaukhandi and Dharnek stupas are outstanding. There are also the remains of a monastery,
and the beautifully polished Lion Capital of Ashoka.Sarnath contains a rich library
and at the Mula gandha Kutir Vihara there are excellent frescoes by Kosetsu Nosu.
The Sarnath Museum, not far from the site, contains some of the finest specimens
of Buddhist sculpture.At all centers of Buddhist worship, the Vaisakha (April-May)
full moon is observed as the anniversary of three important events -Overnight at
hotel
Transfer to airport to board flight for Delhi. On arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight
at hotel.
Transfer to airport to board flight for onwards destination.