Buddhist Pilgrim Tour

Places We Covered :Kolkata - Bodhgaya - Varanasi - Kushinagar - Lumbini - Sravasti - Lucknow - Agra - Delhi
No. Of days Spent In Tour : 10 Nights / 11 Days

• Day 01: Arrive Kolkata or Delhi
• Half day sightseeing of the city. Overnight at Hote.
• Day 02 : Kolkata/Delhi - Patna - Bodhgaya
• Leave Kolkata/Delhi for patna by air. drive to bodhgaya (125 Kms/3Hrs.) where the buddha attained enlightenment and which is one of the most sacred pilgrimage places for the buddhist. enroute visit nalanda and rajgir. Nalanda a great center of buddhist learning and one of the most famed university citadels of ancient times. Rajgir it was once the encient capital of the powerful kingdom of Maghada. From the out skirts of rajgir, a historic road lead to gridha - kuta or vultures peak where the buddha preached, here the first budhist council was held after the lord's Mahaparinirvana.
• Day 03 : Bodhgaya
• Bodhgaya Sightseeing of bodhgaya. here under the bodhi tree, shakyamuni gautama attained supreme Knowledge to become buddha. "the enlightened one" the propounder of one of the great relegious of the world. River Nirajnana in which the buddha bathed after attaining elightment flows qulitely outside the tiny hamlet. overnight in Bodhgaya.
• Day 04 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
• Morning Leave bodhgaya for varanasi (275Kms./7-8 Hrs.) by surface. later excursion to sarnath the place lord buddhagave its sermon. overnight in Varanasi.
• Day 05 : Varanasi - Kushinagar
• Early morning boat ride on the river Ganges to see the sun rise and the bathing ghats of an ancient Hindu City. later leave varanasi for kushinagar (250Kms./7-8 Hrs.) Overnight in Kushinagar.
• Day 06 : Kushinagar - Lumbini
• Morning Visit Mahaparinirvana Temple and Ramabhar stupa. later drive to lumbini by surface (170Kms./4 Hrs.). Sightseeing of lumbini where the lord buddha was born. visit the pillar raised by emperor Ashok, in the twenty first yaer after his coronation at the birthplace. proceed to balrampur (197 Kms./6 Hrs.).
• Day 07 : Lumbini - Sravasti - Lucknow
• Leave Balrampur for lucknow enroute visit sravasti (sahet-mahet) capital of the ancient kingdom of kosala, an active centre for buddhism. overnight in lucknow.
• Day 08 : Lucknow - Delhi
• Leave lucknow for Delhi by air. day at leisure. half day sightseeing of old and new delhi visiting Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Qutab Minar and the secretarial building. overnight in Delhi.
• Day 09 : Delhi - Agra - Delhi
• Full day excursion to agra (208 Kms/ 4Hrs.), city of the Taj Mahal. Also visit agra fort and sikandra. overnight in delhi.
• Day 10 : Delhi
• Day at leisure in Delhi.
• Day 11 : Delhi Onward Destination
• Leave Delhi for onward Destinations.