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Bihar Holidays 4  for 11Nights 12 Days  

CULCUTTA | Bodhgaya| Rajgir |Vaishali | Kushinagar | Lumbini | SRAVASTI | VARANASI

Day 01 - Calcutta - On arrival meet and transfers to hotel.

Day 02 - Culcutta - Gaya- Bodhgaya - After breakfast half day city tour of Calcutta. Visit the Howrah Bridge, the Victoria Palace, drive past the famous Pak street and the Maidan area. After lunch transfer to railway station to board Rajdhani Express train for Gaya. during journey tea, snacks and dinner will be served by Indian Railways. Upon arrival transfer to hotel for overnight stay.

Day 03 - Bodhgaya - After breakfast, full day visit Maha bodhi temple - The Bodhi tree, situated in the premises of the temple, is the one under which Buddha attained illumination. White, Green and Red flags, tied on to the tree, form a canopy over seven sacred shrines, which symbolize the seven weeks that Buddha spent here. O/N at Bodhgaya.

Day 04 - Bodhgaya - Rajgir - After breakfast proceed for Rajgir. Rajgir was the Capital of Magadh Empire around 800 BC. This is evident from The Remaind of the Cyclopean Dry Stone that enclosed the ancient city. Visit the Ajatshatru Fort, Venuvan, and the Bamboo Grove where Lord Buddha spent some time. Located close is the Jivakamarvana Monastery (4-3rd BC). After this take the cable car ride to visit the Visva shanti stupa built by Japanese on top of ratnagiri mountain. from here you can have a good view of the Griddakuta hill (The hill of Vultures) from where Lord Buddha, delivered many important sermons and also of the Sattapani Cave, where the first Buddhist council was convened six months after the death of Lord Buddha. After lunch, depart for Nalanda. The site of Nalanda was one of the Greatest Monastic University established in 5th century BC. later visit Nalanda, the most ancient remains of the university where number of foreign students studied once upon a time.

Day 05 - Rajgir - Vaishali  - Kushinagar - After breakfast drive to Kushinagar via Vaishali. Vaishali is believed to be the first republic of the world, having an elected Body of representatives hold special significance for Buddhist Devotees. The Buddha preached the Radha Sutra to the eighty four  thousand faithful gathered there. women were ordained for the first time in to Buddhism. It was at Vaishali That the famous courtesan of the Lichchavi Empire, Amrapali, became a famous devotee of the Lord. She once entreated the lord to grace her house. When lord Buddha graciously accepted, the Lichchavi Princes asked her to exchange this visit for a hundred thiusand gold coins. Amrapali refused and after the Lord's visit, she was purged of her impurities and became a bhikshuni. A hundred years after Mahaparinirvana, the second buddhist council was held here. Have ho lunch at Chakkia. Continue drive to Kushinagar. On arrival check in to the hotel. O/N in hotel.

Day 06 -  Kushinagar - Lumbini - After breakfast sightseeing of Kushinagar. It was here the Tathagata, the reciter of truth, breathed his last with the last words, "behold now, brethren, I exhort you, saying, decay is inherent in all component things! Work out your salvation with diligence! A temple dedicated to the event - the Mahaparinirvana temple today stands amidst a serene "sal" grove. As if still reminiscing the great demise. Also visit Rambhar Stupa, which is supposedly the spot where Lord Buddha was cremated and his relics divided into eight equal parts. After lunch proceed to Lumbini. On arrival check in to the hotel.

Day 07 - Lumbini - Saravasti - After breakfast sightseeing of Lumbini - where the Lord was born, Emperor Ashok, in the twenty-first years after his coronation visited the birth place and raised a pillar on the spot. After lunch drive to Saravasti. Enroute visits Kapilvastu (Piprahwa). Here Lord spent his childhood. The place holds significant value for Buddhist pilgrims and has severaal Stupas. The archaeological excavations have revealed stone caskets containing relics believed to be that of Buddha's. O/N at hotel.

Day 08 -  Sravasti - Varanasi - Morning visit Saravasti garden which is an important pilgrimage for Buddhists. Lord Buddha believed to have spent 25 rainy seasons here perching his teachings. later proceed for Varanasi. Upon arrival check in hotel.

Day 09 - Varanasi - Bodhgaya - Early morning visit Ganga, bathing ghats and boat ride. After breakfast drive to Sarnath - where Buddha preached his first sermon after he had attained enlightenment at Bodhgaya.`Gautam Buddha with his five disciples formed the first Sangha along with Yasa of Varanasi and his 54 friends. The beginning of the celebrated mantra "Buddam Saranam Gachami", owes its origin to sarnath. Visit the Ashok pillar with its four guardian lions that has been used as independent India's national emblem. After lunch drive to Bodhgaya. On arrival check in hotel.

Day 10 - Bodhgaya - Gaya - Calcutta - Full day at Bodhgaya. Later in the evening transfer to the railway station to connect O/N train Doon Express/Jodhpur Howrah Express for Calcutta.

Day 11 - Calcutta - On arrival, transfer to hotel. After breakfast city tour visiting the Jain Temple, Zoological Gardens, Dalhousie Square, Fort William, Secretariat Building and old court house street also visit St. John church & St. Paul Church. Evening enjoy shopping in and around your hotel Park Street and New market. O/N stay in hotel.

Day 12 - Calcutta - Departure - After breakfast, free till latee evening transfer to airport to board the flight back to onward destination.

Accommodation Choices Available on CP Including Breakfast. 

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Calcutta          
Bodhgaya          
Rajgir          
Vaishali          
Kushinagar          
Lumbini          
Sravasti          
Varanasi          

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