12 Days Buddhist Tour From The Birth To Moksh

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In this Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour 11 Nights 12 Days includes all  Buddhist essential features where our travelers can get full religious  experience. Tour will start in Varanasi & ends up in Lucknow. Tourist  interest such as cultural places, historical places, ivory, Stupas ,  Monuments, Museums as well as Gardens and lakes that would simply leave  an incredible mark in your mind. 

•  Sarnath (Dhamekh Stupa, the Chaukhandi Stupa and the   Archaeological museum)

• Morning boat ride on the River Ganges.

• Bodhgaya- Mahabodhi Temple, Thai Temple and Bodhi Tree

•Vaishali- birthplace of Mahavira

• Visit the ruins of Nalanda and Rajgir

• Kushinagar- Mahaparinirvana Temple and                 Mukutbandhan Stupa

•Kapilvastu -museum 

• Triveni Sangam 

• Shrawasti

• Lumbini- Birthplace of lord Buddha 

• Lucknow Drop-back to home

• Day 01 New Delhi – Varanasi
  
  Arrive  at Varanasi and transfer to the hotel. Afternoon proceed on a half day  temple tour of Varanasi visiting Bharat Mata (Mother India) Mandir,  Durga, Tulsi Manas, Sankat Mochan Temple and the new Vishwanath Temple.  Followed by Ganga Aarti at Dasaswamedh Ghat and overnight at hotel.
  
  
•  Day 02 Varanasi - Varanasi sightseen
  
  In  morning after Breakfast half day city tour of Sarnath, 10 km from  Varanasi, where the Buddha preached his first sermon in the Deer Park,  contains the most impressive remains, as well as a modem temple. The  Dharmarajika, Chaukhandi and Dhamek stupas are outstanding. There are  also the remains of a monastery, and the beautifully polished Lion  Capital of Ashoka. Return to hotel for overnight stay.

• Day 03 Varanasi – Bodhgaya
  
  Morning  proceed for Bodhgaya which is about 247 kms / 6-7 hrs. drive. Bodhgaya  is the place where Gautama Buddha attained unsurpassed, supreme  Enlightenment. On arrival check into hotel and the rest of the day is  free. You can leave for attending evening prayer at Mahabodhi temple.  Later, return to the hotel and have a comfortable stay at night.

• Day 04 Bodh Gaya - Rajgir
  
  After  breakfast, Proceed  for Rajgir, 70 km, 2 hrs by road. Arrive in Rajgir  and check into hotel. Rajgir was the capital of the Magadha kingdom and  is a pilgrimage for Jains and Hindus as well. The Japanese Buddhists  have built the massive Vishwashanti Stupa on the Ratnagiri Hill which  can be accessed by a chairlift. The stupa has statues of Buddha at the  four stages of his life - birth, enlightenment, teaching and death. From  the hill top, the Jain shrines can also be viewed scattered across 26  distant hills. Griddhakuta, located on Ratnagiri Hill is another site  where Budhha stopped by to preach. Return to hotel for night stay.

• Day 05 Rajgir – Patna
  
  After  breakfast, proceed to Patna by road, 80 km.  Arrive in Patna and check  into hotel. Patna is Bihar's capital city and can be used as a base to  visit the Buddhist sites of Vaishali and Kesariya. After lunch, take a  local sightseeing tour of Patna. This would include: Golghar (built as a  granary), Gandhi Museum, Patna Museum, Har Mandir Takht, Qila House or  Jalan Museum with some really rare relics like Napolean's bed and Marie  Antoinette's porcelain; and the ruins of Pataliputra. Return back to hotel  for over night stay.

• Day 06 Patna- Vaishali - Kushinagar
  
  In Morning at Patna, proceed to Kushinagar (approx. 256 kms and 07 hrs drive) enroute visiting Vaishali - place where Buddha announced the approaching of his  Mahaparinirvana. After that continue drive to Kushinagar (place where  Lord Buddha had left the world behind him after offering an invaluable  contribution to humanity, the great religion known as Buddhism). On  arrival Kushinagar, transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit local sightseen, Mahaparinirvana  Temple (where Buddha took his last breathe) and Rambhar Stupa (cremation  site of Lord Buddha). Overnight stay at Kushinagar hotel.'

• Day 07 Kushinagar – Lumbini
  
  Morning  after Breakfast at Kushinagar, drive to Lumbini - the birth place of Lord Buddha (180  kms and 05 hrs drive). On arrival, transfer to hotel. . Afternoon visit  the birth place of Buddha - Mayadevi Temple. This place is a blessed one  for its serenity and the natural beauty, purely coinciding to the  perception of a place where the legend was born. Overnight stay at  Lumbini hotel.
  Maha Parinirvana Day : Parinirvana Day. Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day is a Mahayana Buddhist  holiday celebrated in East Asia in death place of lord Buddha (  Kushinagar ). By some it is celebrated on 8 February, but by most on the  15 February. It celebrates the day when the Buddha is said to have  achieved Parinirvana, or complete Nirvana, upon the death of his  physical body.

• Day 08 Lumbini – Kapilavastu
  
  Morning  leave for Kapilavastu - the childhood home of Gautam Buddha. & also  visit ruins of the Palaces Overnight stay at Kapilavastu hotel

• Day 09 Kapilavastu – Sravasti
  
  In  the morning after Breakfast proceed to Sravasti where the Buddha  preached most of his sermons. Here he is said to have performed many  miracles, and levitated. During the monsoon, he used to stay at the  Jetavana monastery on the outskirts of this town. Visit various tourist  spots such as Anand Bodhi tree, ruins of the Jetavana monastery, age-old  stupas Visit Sahet Mahet and Angulimal caves. Overnight stay in  Sravasti.

• Day 10 Sravasti – Lucknow -Delhi
  
  Morning  breakfast at hotel & drive (190 kms / approx. 5.5 hrs drive) to  Lucknow airport for onward journey to board flight for New Delhi.   Arrive at Delhi Airport and transfer to pre- book hotel. Representative  will assist you till hotel check in. Evening at leisure, overnight stay  at Hotel in Delhi

• Day 11 Delhi Sightseeing
  
  Morning  relish breakfast visit city tour of exciting capital of India is awash  with sights. start to Delhi sightseeing visit Jama Masjid - largest  Mosque in India Chandni Chowk oldest, biggest street super market of Old  Delhi. Later, walk up to Fatehpuri Masjid and try out a rickshaw ride  for Red Fort, Rajghat would be our next stoppage where Mahatma Gandhi  was cremated Humayun Tomb - first garden-style tomb of India inspired by  Persian architecture. Drive past Rashtrapati Bhawan - residence of the  President of India and India Gate – subjected in respect to honor the  soldiers who in World War I. Visit Qutub Minar built by Qutabud- din  Aibak. Return to hotel. Retire for the night at hotel in Delhi.