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India Luxury Tours offers
tours to Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour,
Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour Packages,
India Buddha Temple Tour.
Places to see : Delhi - Agra
- Varanasi - Bodhgaya - Rajgir -
Nalanda - Vaishali - Patna -
Kushinagar - Lumbini - Balrampur
Duration : 12 Nights / 13
Days
Day 01: Arrive Delhi
Arrive Delhi. Welcome and assistance
upon arrival at the airport. Later
transfer to hotel.
Day 02: Delhi
Morning free to relax and adjust to
the time zone. Afternoon visit one
of the Buddhist Culture center.
Day 03: Agra
Proceed for sight-seeing of the city
after breakfast. First, proceed to
TAJ MAHAL which is just walking
distance from the hotel.
Visit TAJ MAHAL at sunset. Overnight
will be at Agra.
Day 04: Agra - Varanasi
Morning transfer to airport for
flight to Varanasi. Arrive Varanasi
and transfer to hotel. Afternoon
visit Sarnath - a place where Buddha
first preached his sermon.
Day 05: Varanasi
Early morning sunrise boat cruise
over river Ganges. Later depart by
private motorcoach /Car to Bodhgaya.
Arrive and check in at hotel.
Day 06: Bodhgaya
Full day visit to Bodhgaya a place
where Lord Buddha entered a state of
mediation under the 'Bodhi' tree
(banyan tree) and attained Nirvana
(the enlightenment). On the walls of
Mahabodhi temple, one can see images
of Lord Buddha in different aspects.
Day 07: Bodhgaya - Rajgir
Morning depart by motorcocach /car
to Rajgir. Arrive and check in at
hotel. Visit Rajgir - a sacred town
to all Buddhist where Lord Buddha
meditated and preached on the Hill,
Karanda Tank where Lord Buddha would
bathe, seven hot springs where Lord
Buddha for its healing powers. Also
visit the ancient Nalanda University
founded in the fifth century B.C.
Ancient Buddhist texts revelas that
Lord Buddha studied here. A Chinese
travel Heum Tsang, who spent several
years at this University wrote about
this great seat of learning. Visit
the Archaeological museums.
Day 08: Rajgir - Vaishali - Patna
Morning depart by private motorcoach/car
to Patna visiting enroute Vaishali -
a place where Lord Buddha visited
frequently and during the last visit
here told his disciplines that they
would see him no more as he was to
attain the Mahaparinirvana (the
ultimate bliss). Visit the Buddhist
stupas. Arrive Patna and check in at
hotel.
Day 09: Patna - Kushinagar
Morning depart ofr Kushinagar by
motorcoach/car. Arrive and check in
at hotel. Afternoon city tour of
Kushinagar where Lord Buddha
breathed his last and attained
Mahaparinirvana saying decay is
inherent in all component things.
Visit the Nirvana temple which
enshrines a colossal statue of Lord
Buddha in a reclining position.
Day 10: Kushinagar - Lumbini -
Balrampur
Morning depart for Lumbinin by
motorcoach/car on Indo-Nepal border.
Lumbini, a tiny village situated on
the fotthills of Himalayas witnessed
the birth of a Prince called
Shakyamuni Gautam Siddhartha who
later vecame Lord Buddha the
awakened one. Visit the sacred pond,
Ashoka Pillar, Mahadevi temple.
Later drive to Balrampur. Arrive and
check in at hotel.
Day 11: Balrampur - Sahetath -
Lucknow
Leave for Lucknow by motorcoach/car
via Satehmath famous for Buddhist
Stupas. Arrive Lucknow and check in
at hotel.
Day 12: Lucknow - Delhi
Transfer to airport for flight to
Delhi. Arrive and check in at hotel.
Day 13: Delhi - Onward Journey
Transfer to airport flight to your
onward destination.
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