Day
01/ Arrival Delhi
Arrive Delhi , Meet assist at the airport & transfer to
hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
Day
02/ Delhi - Lucknow - Sravasti
Morning transfer to railway station to board Shatabdi Express
for Lucknow . Arrive Lucknow - After lunch leave for Sravasti
by road, Arrive Sravasti & transfer to hotel. Night stay
in Sravasti.
Day
03/ Sravasti - Lumbini
Morning visit Sahet Mahet. Later leave for Lumbini- the birthplace
of the Buddha was located in 1890 after being untraced for 1,500
years. The birthplace of the Gautama Buddha, Lumbini, is the
Mecca of every Buddhist, being one of the four holy places of
Buddhism. Buddha himself identified four places of future pilgrimage:
the sites of his birth, enlightenment, first discourse, and
death. Enroute visit Kapilavastu - it was in Kapilavastu's opulent
environs, that the holy soul of prince Siddharth (Gautam Buddha)
spent his childhood. Here he saw sorrow and pain, disease and
death. Then, finally when he saw a radiant happy Sadhu who had
conquered all these, he decided to renounce all worldly riches
and pleasures to seek truth and embark on the path of salvation.
On arrival transfer to hotel . Night stay in Lumbini.
Day
04/ Lumbini - Kushinagar
Morning visit Birth place of Lord Buddha , Later leave for Kushinagar
- 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.
Kushinagar
is where Buddha finally attained Mahaparmirvana. Amongst the
ruins are the Mukutbandhan Stupa and a beautiful statue of the
reclining Buddha ,on arrival transfer to hotel . Afternoon visit
Nirvana Temple , Ramabhar Stupa & Cremation site of Lord
Buddha . Night stay in Kushinagar.
Day
05/ Kushinagar - Patna
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Patna enroute visit Vaishali
carrying box lunch.Vaishali has a past that pre-dates recorded
history. It is held that the town derives its name from King
Vishal, whose heroic deeds are narrated in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
However, history records that around the time Pataliputra was
the centre of political activity in the Gangetic plains, Vaishali
came into existence as centre of the Ganga, it was the seat
of the Republic of Vajji. Vaishali is credited with being the
World's First Republic to have a duly elected assembly of representatives
and efficient administration.
On arrival transfer to hotel. Night stay in Patna.
Day
06/ Patna – Rajgir -Bodhgaya
Morning leave for Bodhgaya -Bodhgaya is one of the sacred places
for the Buddhists as well as for the Hindus. Here under the
Bodhi Tree, Gautama attained supreme knowledge to become Budhha,
the `Enlighted One'. As the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment,
Bodhgaya is the spiritual home of Buhddhists. It attracts tens
of thousands of believers from all over the world. Bodhgaya
situated near the river Niranjana, is one of the holiest Buddhist
pilgrimage centres since it was here that Buddha attained enlightenment
under the Bodhi tree, 10 km from Gaya, the ancient Hindu pilgrimage
centre. The tree from the original sapling still stands in the
temple premises. It is the most important Buddhist pilgrimage
centre as Buddhisrn was born here.
Enroute visit Nalanda & Rajgir - Like many others in search
of truth, Prince Siddhartha, after he renounced his royal heritage
came to this city to seek the path of vation. . On arrival transfer
to hotel. Night stay in Bodhgaya.
Day
07/ Bodhgaya
Breakfast at hotel. Visit temple and Niranjana river. Night
stay in Bodhgaya.
Day
08/ Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Varanasi,arrying box lunch.
Varanasi is the world's most ancient living city. Sunrise on
the riverfront, as seen from a boat, can be spiritually uplifting
sight. Crowded with temples, and its labyrinth of streets, the
city attracts the maximum number of tourists. The religious
capital of hinduism, varanasi is the carpet manufacturing place
of india. It was previously known as kashi - the city that illuminates.
The present name is derived from the fact that the city is at
the confluence of the rivers varuna and asi.
c On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit Sarnath - where
the Buddha preached his first sermon in the Deer Park, contains
the most impressive remains, as well as a modern temple. Night
stay in Varanasi.
Day
09 / Varanasi - Kathmandu
Early morning boat ride on river Ganges. Breakfast at hotel.
Later transfer to airport for flight to Kathmandu. Arrive Kathmandu
& transfer to hotel. After lunch city tour of Kathmandu.
Night stay in Kathmandu.
Day
10/ Kathmandu
After breakfast visit to Patan City, Swyabhunath, golden temple
& Bodhnath. Night stay in Kathmandu.
Day
11/ Departure
Transfer in time to airport for onward destination.