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(11
Nights - 12 Days)
Delhi
- Varanasi - Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Nalanda
- Vaishali - Patna - Kushinagar - Lumbini
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Balrampur - Sahetath - Lucknow - Delhi |
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| Day 01 : Arrive Delhi |
| Arrive Delhi. Welcome and assistance
upon arrival at the airport. Later transfer
to hotel. |
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| Day 02 : Delhi |
| Morning free to relax and adjust
to the time zone. Afternoon visit one of the
Buddhist Culture center. |
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| Day 03 : Delhi - 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. |
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| Day 04 : Varanasi |
| Early morning sunrise boat
cruise over river Ganges. Later depart by
private motorcoach /Car to Bodhgaya. Arrive
and check in at hotel. |
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| Day 05 : 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. |
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| Day 06 : 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. Also visit the ancient
Nalanda University founded in the fifth century
B.C. Ancient Buddhist texts revelas that Lord
Buddha studied here. A Chinese travel Heum
Tsang, who spent several years at this University
wrote about this great seat of learning. Visit
the Archaeological museums. |
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| Day 07 : 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. |
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| Day 08 : 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. |
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| Day 09 : 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. |
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| Day 10 : Balrampur - Sahetath
- Lucknow |
| Leave for Lucknow by motorcoach/car
via Satehmath famous for Buddhist Stupas.
Arrive Lucknow and check in at hotel. |
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| Day 11: Lucknow - Delhi |
| Transfer to airport for flight
to Delhi. Arrive and check in at hotel. |
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| Day 12: Delhi - Onward Journey |
| Transfer to airport flight
to your onward destination. |
