Day 01 / Arrival Bodhgaya
Arrive Bodhgaya , meet assist at the airport & transfer
to hotel. Night stay in Bodhgaya.
Day
02 / Bodhgaya
Early morning visit the Mahabodhi Temple for the prayers and
meditate near the Bodhi Tree. Return to your hotel for breakfast.
Later visit the Sri Lankan monastery. Later in the day visit
the village of Sujata, which is where a woman with the same
name gave Lord Buddha his first meal ( milk & rice pudding
) after he came out of the austerities he was performing and
broke his fast. Visit the Mahabodhi temple for the evening prayers
too. Dinner & overnight at your hotel.
Day
03 / Bodhgaya - Rajgir & Nalanda - Bodhgaya
Visit the famous ancient university of Nalanda, which produced
great masters like Guru Padmasambhava and then after a short
drive visit Rajgir, where exists the Vulture's Peak or Giridhrakoot.
Visit the Japanese Shanti Stupa in Rajgir. check in at your
hotel for the overnight.
Day
04 / Bodhgaya - Varanasi
After an early breakfast, depart at 0800 HRS for Varanasi. On
arrival in Varanasi, check in at your hotel. In the early part
of the evening visit Sarnath, where you can visit a museum which
has artefacts from 300 - 400 BC and then you can visit the Dhammek
Stupa and finally attend the evening prayers at the Sri Lankan
Temple. Return to your hotel for dinner & overnight.
Day
05 / Varanasi - Kushinagar
Early morning visit the sacred river Ganges before sunrise,
to see how the Hindus of Varanasi pray to the rising Sun and
then pray to the river Ganges. Enjoy a boat ride on the Ganges
and see the cremation grounds from the boat. Return to your
hotel for breakfast. Later visit the Golden Temple, Bharat Mata
Temple and Birla ( Shiva ) Temple. Later depart for Kushinagar
& transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel
Day
06 / Kushinagar - Lumbini
Morning proceed for the sacred sites in Kushinagar. Pray at
the Mahaparnirvana Temple.Later depart for Lumbini & transfer
to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day
07 / Lumbini – Sravasti
Morning visit the birth place of Lumbini. Later depart for Sravasti
enroute visit the sacred site Kapilvastu . Arrive Sravasti &
transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day
08 / Sravasti - Lucknow
Morning visit Sahet Mahet , Later depart for Lucknow & transfer
to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day
09 / Lucknow - Sankassia - Agra
After breakfast drive to Agra via Sankassia , a place where
Buddha along with Brahma & Devraj Indra descended after
giving sermons to his mother in heaven. At the spot of descent
stands a temple with a statue of the Buddha. Arrive Agra &
transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day
10 / Agra - Delhi
Morning visit visit the magnificient Taj Mahal - one of the
seven wonders of the world surely the most extravagant expression
of love ever created. 20,000 men laboured for over 17 years
to build this memorial to Shah Jahan's beloved wife, Also visit
the Red fort - the rusty and majestic red- sandstone fort of
Agra stands on the banks of the river Yamuna and the construction
was started by Emperor Akbar in 1566. At the Diwan-I-Am (hall
of public audience),a colonnaded hall of red-sandstone with
a throne alcoveof inlaid marble at the back,the Emperor heard
public petitions. At the Diwan-I-Khas (hall of private audience)
where marble pavilions with floral inlays lend an ethereal ambience,
the Emperor sat on his gem-studded peacock Throne and met foreign
ambassadors and rulers of friendly kingdoms. Afternoon depart
to Delhi & transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at
hotel.
Day
11 / Delhi- Departure
After a leisurely breakfast sightseeing tour of New Delhi where
ornate buildings recall the days when India was the Jewel in
the crown of the British empire. Visit the 11th century Qutab
Minar ,India Gate and the grand government buildings, the President’s
House, Red fort, Mahatama Gandhi Memorial, Also visit Laxmi
Narayan temple popularly known as Birla Temple. After dinner
transfer to airport for onward flight. |