BUDDHIST PILGRIMAGE TOUR

Places to See : Delhi - Patna - Rajgiri - Bodhgaya - Varanasi - Sarnath - Kushinager - Lucknow - Delhi
Duration: 10 Nights / 11 Days

Day 01 : Arrive Delhi
Our Travel Line Executive will welcome you on arrival and assist you on transfer to the hotel Overnight in the hotel.

Day 02: Delhi - Patna
Flight or train assistance at the airport /rail station and drive to Nalanda visit the famous university Nalanda, one of the greatest centers of learning in the ancient times, is located around 50 kms away from Bodhgaya. A small village now, Nalanda is famous for its monastery that was the center of Buddhist way of learning and from where Buddhism flamed out to places like China, Tibet South-East Asia. The capital of Bihar and is part of the Buddhist Circuit that also includes Bodh Gaya and Rajgir. The village has a good network of roads that connects it to the other cities of the state.

Day 03: Patna-Rajgir (102 Km)
Visit Rajgiri,. The Buddha lived in the sixth century BC. Mahavir was born in 567 BC and the traveller in Bihar will encounter them both constantly. Rajgir is 10km south of Nalanda and sacred to the memory of the founder of both Buddhism and Jainism. Lord Buddha spent many months of retreat during the rainy season here, and used to meditate and preach on Griddhkuta, the 'Hill of the Vultures'. Lord Mahavir spent fourteen years of his life at Rajgir and Nalanda. It was in Rajgriha that Lord Buddha delivered some of his famous sermons and converted king Bimbisara of the Magasha Kingdom and countless others to his creed. Once a great city, Rajgir is just a village today, but vestiges of a legendary and historical past remain, like the cyclopean wall that encircles the town and the marks engraved in rock that local folklore ascribes to Lord Krishna's chariot.This legend, like many others associates Rajgir to that distant time when the stirring events recorded in the epic Mahabharata were being enacted. Rajgir is located in a verdant valley surrounded by rocky hills.

An aerial ropeway provides the link with a hill-top stupa "Peace Pagoda" built by the Japanese. On one of the hills in the cave of Saptparni, was held the first Buddhist Council. The Saptparni cave is also the source of the Rajgir Hot Water Springs that have curative properties and are sacred to the Hindus.

Day 04 : Rajgir -Bodhgaya
The life of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is associated with the small town of Bodhgaya. It is one of the four holiest cities of Buddhist faith. The Mahabodhi temple is the main attraction of this town and is located near the spot where Lord Buddha attained spiritual enlightenment. Bodhgaya is not only an important Buddhist pilgrim center, but it is also an important center for the study of Buddhism. If you want any teaching can be organised with a master of your choice or make a pilgrimage of the surrounding areas.

Day 05 :Bodhgaya-Varanasi ( 240 Km)
Depart for Varanasi check in Hotel. Afternoon tour of the old city. Evening visit the bank of Ganga and witness the rituals of Ganga worship.

Day 06: Day trip to Sarnath ( 10 Km )
Morning visit Sarnath the site where Buddha set in motiom the wheel of Dharma and established the Sanga. One of the holiest Buddhist sites in the world, where Buddha preached his first Sermon in 590 BC. Witness the ruins of a once flourishing Buddhist monastery and then visit a fine Museum which houses an excellent collection of Buddhist art and sculptures found at the site.


Day 07 : Varanasi -Kushinagar ( 283 Km )
Leave for Kushinager the place where Buddha attained Nervana - Evening free for your own, Overnight at Kushinagar.

Day 08 : Kushinagar
Kushinagar: The Buddha is believed to have breathed his last in this land with pastoral surrounding, the small hamlet of Kushinagar, 53 km west of Gorakhpur. The land is venerated as the site of the Buddha's Mahaparinirvana, his death and cremation, that marked his final liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth.

This small town in the former kingdom of the Mallas was surrounded by dense forest. It remained oblivous to the outside world until it was rediscovered by the archaeologists in the nineteenth century.

The modern Indo-Japan-srilanka Buddhist centre, Kushinagar is rediscovering its roots, and is home to many viharas, including a Tibetan gompa devoted to Sakyamuni, a Burmese vihara, and temples from China and Japan.

Overnight at Kushinagar.

Day 09 :Kushinagar- Sravasti ( 254 Km )
Morning depart for Sravasti where Buddha had spent many Summers in retreat here. Evening sight seeing.Overnight at Sravasti.

Day 10 : Sravasti-Lucknow ( 150 Km)
Leave for Lucknow to catch flight or train to Delhi.

Day 11: Delhi
Receive at the domestic airport or trainstation and transport to international airport.

Optional: Ext Delhi

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