Duration: 12 Nights / 13 Days
Places Covered: Delhi - Agra - Varanasi - Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Nalanda - Vaishali - Patna - Kushinagar - Lumbini - Balrampur
Day 01: Arrive Delhi
Arrive
Delhi. Welcome and assistance upon arrival at the airport. Later transfer to
hotel. Day 02: Delhi
Morning free to relax and adjust to the time zone. Afternoon visit one of the Buddhist Culture center.
Day 03: Agra
Proceed for sight-seeing of the city after breakfast. First, proceed to TAJ MAHAL which is just walking distance from the hotel. Visit TAJ MAHAL at sunset. Overnight will be at Agra.
Day 04: Agra - Varanasi
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Varanasi. Arrive Varanasi and transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit Sarnath - a place where Buddha first preached his sermon.
Day 05: Varanasi
Early morning sunrise boat cruise over river Ganges. Later depart by private motorcoach /Car to Bodhgaya. Arrive and check in at hotel.
Day 06: Bodhgaya
Full day visit to Bodhgaya a place where Lord Buddha entered a state of mediation under the 'Bodhi' tree (banyan tree) and attained Nirvana (the enlightenment).
On
the walls of Mahabodhi temple, one can see images of Lord Buddha in different
aspects. Day 07: Bodhgaya - Rajgir
Morning depart by motorcocach /car to Rajgir. Arrive and check in at hotel. Visit Rajgir - a sacred town to all Buddhist where Lord Buddha meditated and preached on the Hill, Karanda Tank where Lord Buddha would bathe, seven hot springs where Lord Buddha for its healing powers.
Day 08: Rajgir - Vaishali - Patna
Morning depart by private motorcoach/car to Patna visiting enroute Vaishali - a place where Lord Buddha visited frequently and during the last visit here told his disciplines that they would see him no more as he was to attain the Mahaparinirvana (the ultimate bliss). Visit the Buddhist stupas. Arrive Patna and check in at hotel.
Day 09: Patna - Kushinagar
Morning depart ofr Kushinagar by motorcoach/car. Arrive and check in at hotel. Afternoon city tour of Kushinagar where Lord Buddha breathed his last and attained Mahaparinirvana saying decay is inherent in all component things. Visit the Nirvana temple which enshrines a colossal statue of Lord Buddha in a reclining position.
Day 10: Kushinagar - Lumbini - Balrampur
Morning
depart for Lumbinin by motorcoach/car on Indo-Nepal border. Lumbini, a tiny
village situated on the fotthills of Himalayas witnessed the birth of a Prince
called Shakyamuni Gautam Siddhartha who later vecame Lord Buddha the awakened
one. Visit the sacred pond, Ashoka Pillar, Mahadevi temple. Later drive to Balrampur.
Arrive and check in at hotel. Day 11: Balrampur - Sahetath - Lucknow
Leave for Lucknow by motorcoach/car via Satehmath famous for Buddhist Stupas. Arrive Lucknow and check in at hotel.
Day 12: Lucknow - Delhi
Transfer to airport for flight to Delhi. Arrive and check in at hotel.
Day 13: Delhi - Onward Journey
Transfer to airport flight to your onward destination.
