BUDDHIST SITES TOURDuration : 12 Days / 11 Nights Places Covered : Delhi - Agra - Varanasi - Bodhgaya - Rajgir Nalanda - Patna - Khushinagar, Lumbini - Sravasti - Lucknow - Delhi Day.. 01 : Arrive Delhi On
arrival you will be met by your representative. Transfer to your Hotel. Later
proceed for night seeing tour of old Delhi visiting Mahatma Gandhi memorial
at Rajghat, the Red.Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 02 : Delhi Agra In the morning, transfer to railway station on board shatabdi express for Agra. On arrival transfer to hotel. City tour of Agra include the world famous Taj Mahal, the Agra fort, the Mob Masjid (pearl Mosque) and the tomb of emperor or Akbar. Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 03 : Agra - Varanasi In the morning transfer to airport for flight to varanasi. On anival transfer to Hotel. Overnight a the Hotel. Day - 04 : Varanasi Take the sunrise boat ride on the river Gangas. Later enjoy the city tour of Varanasi, visit Vishwanath Temple, Ne vishwanath Temple, Tulsi Manas Temple and Bharat Mata Temple Drive through the Bazaar and also visit the Banaras Hindu University. Afternoon excursion to Sarnath, where the lord Buddha preached his first serman more than 2500 years ago. Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 05 : Varanasi - Bodhgaya After breakfast proceed to Badhgaya on arrival check-in Hotel. Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 06 : Bodhgaya Full day for religious activities at the Mahabodhi temple the 55 meter high Temple is largely the same Temple that existed in the 7th century. Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 07 : Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Nalanda - Patna After breakfast drive to patna en-route visit Rajgir-here at Giridhar Kuta hill see the Venuvan Vihar monastery built by king bimbisar. Also visit nalanda. The great Buddhist university. On arrival at Patna. Check in at the Hotel. Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 08 : Patna - Khushi Nagar After breakfast drive towardly khushinagar. En route visit Vaishali where Buddha announced his approaching Nirvan.
Continue on to Kushi Nagar where Buddha passed in to Mahaparinivane on arrival
check in at the Hotel. Followed by visit to monasteries.Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 09 : Kushinagar - Lumbini After breakfast depart for Lumbini (Nepal). On arrival check in at the Hotel at Bhairawan afternoon excursion to lumbin birth place of Lord Buddha return to bhairawan for overnight stay. Day - 10 : Lumbini - Sravasti After breakfast proceed for sravash enroute visit kapilvastu - the ancient capital of the mighty S}ikya cia. On arrival at sravasti, check in at the Hotel. Rest of the day free for religious activities. Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 11 : Sravasti - Lucknow - Delhi After breakfast proceed to lucknow for flight to Delhi. On arrival transfer to Hotel. Overnight at the Hotel. Day - 12 : Delhi - onward destination In the morning visit sights of New Delhi, Humayun's Tomb, Qutab Minar, India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhawan and Parliament house. Later in the evening transfer to international airport for your flight to onwards destination.
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