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Bodhgaya - Rajgir & Nalanda - Bodhgaya - Varanasi
- Kushinagar - Lumbini – Sravasti - Lucknow -
Sankassia - Agra - Delhi (10 Nights /11 Days) |
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DAY 01 / ARRIVAL BODHGAYA
Arrive Bodhgaya, meet assist at the airport & transfer
to hotel. Night stay in Bodhgaya.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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