KATHMANDU | POKHRA |
Lumbini
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SRAVASTI |
Kushinagar
| Vaishali
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Rajgir
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Bodhgaya | VARANASI
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AGRA
|DELHI
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Day 01 - Kathmandu - After meet, greet and transfer to
the Hotel. O/N at Hotel.
Day 02 -
Khathmandu - After breakdfast sightseeing of Kathmandu. Visit
2000 years old Swayambunath Temple known as Monkey Temple. Also
visit Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal's Holiest Hindu Shrine, Shiva
Temple where the 'Living Virgin Goddess Kumari' Lived and evening
free for shopping.
Day 03 -
Kathmandu - Pokhra - After breakfast drive to Pokhra. Upon
arrival check-in hotel. After Lunch visit Did Fall followed by
Tibetian refugees camp where barter trading is still being
practiced. Enjoy boat ride at pokhra. O/N Pokhra.
Day 04 -
Pokhra - Free and easy.
Day 05 -
Pokhra - Lumbini - After breakfast drive to Lumbini. On arrival
check in to the hotel. After lunch sightseeing of Lumbiini. Lumbini
is the place where Lord Buddha was born. Emperor Ashoka, in
thetwenty-first years after his coronation visited the birth place
and raised a pillar on the spot. Viit remains of an old monastery.
Day 06 -
Lumbini - Sravasti - After breakfast drive to Sravasti. Upon
arrival check in hotel. After lunch visit Sravasti garden which is
an important pilgimage for Buddhists. Lord Buddha is believed to
have spent 25 rainy seasons here preaching his teachings, visit
Angulimal caves too. O/N hotel.
Day 07 -
Sravasti - Kushinagar - After breakfast drive to Kushhinagar,
which is celebrated as the place where Buddha died and was cremated
and passed in to Parinirvana. Visit the Sal Tree and Rmabhar stupa
where Buddha was cremated. O/N at hotel.
Day 08 -
Kushinagar - Vaishali - Rajgir - After breakafast drive to
Rajgir, enroute Vaishali. vaishali is believed to be the first
republic of the world, having an elected body of representative hold
special significance for Buddhist devotees. Later proceed to Rajgir
on the way hot lunch at Chakkia. O/N at hotel.
Day 09 -
Rajgir - Bodhgaya - Rajgir founded in the 5th century B.C.,
Nalanda was one of the World's great universities and an important
Buddhist centre. The Buddha Sangha of Japan has constructe a massive
Vishwa Shanti Stupa, peace Pagoda, at the top of this hill to
commemorate this event. Although one can take a bridle path up to
the Pagoda, the other way is to take the unusual aerial chairlift,
for the panoramic view it offers of the surrounding hills. Also
visitGridkutt Mountain (Vulture's Peak), Venuvana, and Bimbisara
fort. Also visit the Satparni caves. The first Buddhist Council
meeting was held in the famous Satparni caves in this hills. These
caves also have several curative hot water springs which are sacred
to Hindus and Buddhists. Proceed to Bodhgaya. Check in to the hotel.
Day 10 -
Bodhgaya - Lord Buddha got enlightenment under a Peepal tree.
After lunch full day visit Mahabodhi temple - is an amalgamation of
many cultures and centuries. The highlights of the temple include
tall stone lotuses, figures of Buddha sitting in different postures
on the walls, his footprints on the stones, and a colossal golden
Buddha in the sanctum sanctorum. The Bodhi tree, situated in the
premises of the temple, is the one under which Buddha attained
illumination. White, green and Red flags, tied onto the tree, form a
canopy over seven sacred shrines, which symbolizes the seven weeks
that Buddha spent here. O/N at hotel.
Day 11 -
Bodhgaya - varanasi - After breakfast drive to varanasi. On
arrival is the oldest living city in India. After lunch drive to
Sarnath, is a place where lord Buddha given his first sermon. Visit
ruins and garrden.
Day 12 -
Varanasi - Early morning boat in the holy river Ganges. See the
sunrise on the bathing ghats. After lunch free for shopping and
later transfer to railway station to catch O/N train to Agra.
Day 13 -
Varanasi - Agra - After arrival at Tundla railway station
transfer to hotel. After breakfast visit world famous Taj Mahal -
monument of Love, it was built by the Moghal Emperor Shah Jahan in
the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaj Mahal. After Lunch visit Red
Fort. Evening free for shopping. O/N at hotel.
Day 14 - Agra
- Delhi - After breakfast drive to Delhi. After lunch visit
India Gate, drive past from President House and some other Govt.
buildings. In the evening after Dinner transfer to International
Airport to catch return flight with sweet memory of India.
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