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Buddhist Connection
Duration:
10 Nights / 11 Days
Destinations: Delhi--Lucknow--Sravasti--Lumbini--Kushinagar--Patna--Rajgir-Bodhgaya--Varanasi—Kathmandu
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 exp. for Lucknow, Arrive Lucknow, After lunch leave for Sravasti
by road, Arrive Sravasti & transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
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, 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. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
04 / Lumbini/Kushinagar
Morning visit Birth place of Lord
Buddha, Later leave for Kushinagar - Kushinagar is where the 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.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
05 / Kushinagar/ Patna
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for
Patna enroute visit Vaishali carrying box lunch. On arrival transfer to hotel.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
06 / Patna –Rajgir-Bodhgaya
Morning leave for Bodhgaya - 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, 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. Dinner and
overnight at hotel.
Day
07 / Bodhgaya
Breakfast at hotel. Visit temple and
Niranjana river. Meals and overnight at hotel.
Day
08 / Bodhgaya/ Varanasi
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for
Varanasi, carrying box lunch. 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. Dinner and overnight at
hotel.
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. Dinner
& overnight at hotel.
Day
10 / Kathmandu
After breakfast visit to Patan City ,
Swyabhunath , golden temple & Bodhnath . Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Day
11 / Departure
Transfer in time to airport for onward
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