Buddha - The Light of Asia
Places to visit : Delhi - Varanasi - Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Nalanda - Patna
- Kushinagar Lumbini Balrampur - Lucknow
Duration: 10 Nights/11 Days
Day
01: Abroad - Delhi
Arrive in Delhi around mid night, meet and greet at the airport and transfer
to hotel . Overnight
Day 02: Delhi
Morning sightseeing tour of Old & New Delhi visiting Qutab Minar, Red Fort,
Jama Masjid , Indian Gate - war Memorial, Lakshminarayan temple, Raj Ghat -
cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi & chandani Chowk - shopping centre of Old
Delhi . Overnight at Hotel.
Day 03: Delhi - Varanasi
Morning transfer to airport to board flight to Varanasi , on arrival transfer
to hotel. After noon excursion to Sarnath, the buried Buddhist city where Lord
Buddha gave his first sermon. Overnight at Hotel
Day 04: Varanasi - Bodhgaya
Early morning boat excursion on the Holy river Ganges to see the bathing ghats
and cremation site . Later leave by surface for Bodhgaya . Overnight at Hotel
Day 05: Bodhgaya
Morning full day sightseeing in Bodhgaya the most important Buddhist pilgrimage
center in the world for all followers of Lord Buddha where Lord Buddha entered
into medtation after being moved by the suffering of mankind . Overnight at
Hotel .
Day 06: Bodhgaya- Rajgir - Nalanda - Patna
AM leave for Patna enroute visiting Rajgir and Nalanda . Rajgir is a site of
great sanctity and significance for Buddhists. The Gridhakuta Hill in Rajgir
was the seat from where Buddha delivered many of his sermons. Nalanda is one
of the oldest University of the World . Overnight
Day 07: Patna - Kushinagar
AM drive to Kushinagar enroute visiting Vaishali, where Lord Buddha delivered
his last sermon . Afternoon sightseeing in Kushinagar visiting Mahaparinirvana
temple commemorating the place of the great decease with a reclining statue
of Lord Buddha, Rambhar Stupa where Lord Buddha was cremated . Overnight at
Hotel
Day 08: Kushinagar - Lumbini
AM drive to Lumbini, afternoon visit the site where Buddha was born 2500 years
ago . Overnight at hotel
Day
09: Lumbini - Balrampur
Morning drive to Balrampur , afternoon visit Saravasti where Lord Buddha spent
24 rainy seasons. Overnight at hotel
Day 10: Balrampur - Lucknow - Delhi
Morning drive to Lucknow , on arrival transfer to railway station to connect
Shatabdi express to Delhi . Overnight at hotel
Day 11: Delhi - Abroad
Early morning transfer to airport for your onward flight
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