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Trip
Duration : 11 Nights /12
Days
Places Covered :
Delhi - Agra - Lucknow - Saravasti
- Lumbini - Kushinagar - Patna - Rajgir - Bodhgaya - Varanasi -
Delhi
Day 1 : Arrival Delhi
In Search of Buddha India On
arrival you will be received by our representative and
transferred to hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day 2 : Delhi - Agra (By Surface : 200 Kms / 4 Hours
Drive)
This day you will be taken for a
trip to this very heart of India. The trip will cover Qutab Minar
/ Humayun Tomb / India Gate / Red Fort / Jama Masjid / Gandhi
Memorial etc. Later drive to Agra. On arrival in Agra check in to
hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day 3 : Agra - Lucknow (By Avadh Express : 2150 / 0650
Hrs)
Morning, city tour covering Taj
Mahal , Red Fort. Evening transfer to the Railway Station to
board the train to Lucknow. Overnight in Train.
Day 4 : Arrive Lucknow - Saravasti (By Surface : 170
Kms / 4 Hours Drive)
Arrive Lucknow, after leave for
Saravasti by road. Arrive Saravasti and transfer to hotel. Dinner
and overnight at hotel.
Day 5 : Saravasti - Lumbini
Morning visit Sahet Mahet. Later
leave for Lumbini - The Birth Place of Biddha, was located in
1890 after being untraced for 1,500 years. Enroute visit
Kapilavastu - It was in Kapilavastu's opulent environs, that the
holy soul of Prince Siddharth (Gautam Buddha) spent his
childhood. Here he saw sorrow and pain, disease and death,. Then
finally then he saw a radiant happy Sadhu who had conquered all
these , he decided to renounced all worldly riches and pleasures
to seek truth and embark on the path of salvation. On arrival
transfer to the hotel. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 6 : Lumbini - Kushinagar (By Surface : 170 Kms / 4
Hours Drive)
Morning visit Birth Place of Lord
Buddha. Later leave for Kushinagar - Kushinagar is where the
Buddha finally attained Mahaparinirwana. Amongst the ruins , the
Mukutbandan Stupa and a beautiful statue of the reclining Buddha
are visited. On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit
Niravana Temple Ramabhar Stupa, Crenation site of Lord Buddha.
Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 7 : Kushinagar - Patna (By Surface : 275 Kms / 7
Hours Drive)
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave
for Patna enroute visit Vaishali carrying box lunch. On arrival
transfer to hotel. Dinner and Overnight at the hotel.
Day 8 : Patna - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
Morning leave for Bodhgaya - As
the place of Buddha's Enlightenment. Bodhgaya is the spiritual
home of Buddhists. It attracts tens of thousands of believers of
all over the world. Bodhgaya is situated near the river
Niranjana, is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage centers
since it was here that Buddha attained enlightenment under the
Bodhi tree,. Enroute visit Nalanda and Rajgir - Like many others
in search of truth, Prince Siddhartha after he renounced his
royal heritage came to his city to seek the path of vation. On
arrival transfer to hotel. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 9 : Bodhgaya
Breakfast at hotel. Visit Temple
and Niranjana river. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 10 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave
for Varanasi, carrying box lunch. On arrival transfer to hotel.
Afternoon visit Sarnath - where the Buddha preached his first
sermon in the Deer Park, contains the most impressive remains, as
well as temples. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 11 : Varanasi - Delhi
Early morning boat ride on river
Ganges. Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast sightseeing of
Varanasi. Evening transfer to Railway Station to board the train
to Delhi. Overnight in Train.
Day 12 : Arrive Delhi - Departure
On arrival in Delhi transfer to
hotel. Later free for shopping. Late in the evening transfer to
Airport to board the flight back home.
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