Buddhist Tour Lucknow

  • 8 Nights / 9 Days
  • Lucknow - Sravasti - Lumbini - Kushinagar- Vaishali - Rajgir - Bodhgaya - Varanasi
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ARRIVAL LUCKNOW

WELCOME ON ARRIVAL AT LUCKNOW INT'L AIRPORT. MEET & ASSISTENCE BY OUR CO. REPRESENTATIVE THEN TRANSFER TO HOTEL. OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL IN LUCKNOW.

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LUCKNOW / SRAVASTI

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL. DRIVE TO SRAVASTI 240 KMS  5 HRS DRIVE , ON ARRIVAL CHECK INN  LUNCH. AFTERNOON  VISITING  MAHETH : IDENTIFIED WITH THE REMAINS OF THE CITY,MAHETH COVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 400 ACRES..EXCAVATIONS HAVE EXPOSED THE MASSIVE GATES OF THE CITY,RAMPARTS AND ALSO THE RUINS OF OTHER STRUCTURES,WHICH STAND TESTIMONY TO THE PROSPERITY OF ANCIENT SRAVASTI, SAHETH - KNOWN PRIMARILY AS THE SITE OF THE JETVANA MONASTERY,SAHETH COVERS AN AREA OF 32 ACRES.LYING ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF MAHETH, IT BECOME AN IMPORTANT PLACE OF PLIGRIMAGE, ADORENED WITH NUMEROUS SHRINES, STUPAS AND MONASTRIES. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL IN SRAVASTI.

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SRAVASTI / LUMBINI

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL.PROCEED  TO LUMBINI (260 KMS,6 HRS).  INDIA NEPAL IMMIGRATION ON ARRIVAL CHECK-IN TO HOTEL LUNCH. AND AFTER NOON PROCEED FOR SIGHTSEEING OF BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA LUMBINI : THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE DATES BACK TO THE TIME OF BIRTH OF LORD BUDDHA AROUND 560 BC. THE SITES TO VISIT HERE ARE GRAND STONE PILLAR ERECTED BY EMPEROR ASHOKA IN 249 BC., SHRINE OF MAYA DEVI, BUDDHA'S MOTHER.IT CONTAINS A STONE RELIEF DEPECTING BUDDHA'S NATIVITY SCENE.  DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL IN LUMBINI

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LUMBINI / KUSHINAGAR

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL. THEN DRIVE TO KUSHINAGAR (140 KMS,04 HRS). ON ARRIVAL CHECK-IN TO HOTEL. LUNCH AT HOTEL  AFTER NOON PROCEED FOR SIGHTSEEING VISITING NIRVANA TEMPLE- THIS TEMPLE HOUSES THE 6 M LONG STATUE OF RECLINING BUDDHA WHICH WAS UNEARTHED IN 1876.CARVED FROM CHUNAR SANDSTONE, THE STATUE HAS AN INSCRIPTION BELOW THAT DATES THE STATUE TO THE 5TH CENTURY AD. RAMABHAR STUPA - REFERRED TO AS THE MUKT BANDHAN VIHAR IN ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEXTS, THIS STUPA MARKS THE SITE WHERE THE LORD BUDDHA WAS CREMATED. THIS LARGE STUPA RISES TO A HEIGHT OF 49 FT. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL IN KUSHINAGAR.

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KUSHINAGAR / VAISHALI / RAJGIR

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL. DRIVE TO RAJGIR (370 KMS, 7 – 8 HRS)  ENROUTE VISIT VAISHALI - AN SPECIAL PLACE FOR THE BUDDHISTS AS BUDDHA DELIVERED HIS LAST SERMON HERE AND ANNOUNCED HIS IMPENDING "NIRVANA". THE 2ND BUDDHIST COUNCIL HELD AFTER 100 YEARS OF BUDDHA'S PARINIRVANA" ALSO TOOK PLACE HERE. AFTER SIGHTSEEING LUNCH AT RESTAURANT DRIVE TO RAJGIR. ON ARRIVAL CHECK-IN. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL IN RAJGIR.

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RAJGIR / NALANDA / BODHGAYA

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL.PROCEED FOR  SIGHTSEEING OF NALANDA (15 KMS,0:30 HRS) ON ARRIVAL SIGHTSEEING RUINS OF NALANDA UNIVERSITY - THE CENTRE OF ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN UNIVERSITIES OF THE WORLD THE RUIN CONTAINS A NUMBER OF BUDDHIST STUPAS & CHAITYAS,MONASTERIES,HOSTELS,CELLS OR ROOMS ON FOUR SIDE WITH A CENTRAL COURTYARD. LUNCH AT HOTEL AND PROCEED 80 KMS 3HRS  FOR BODHGAYA ON ARRIVAL CHECK INN DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT BODHGAYA.

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AT BODHGAYA

MORNING OBSERVE SIL. BREAKFAST AT HOTEL. VISIT MAHABODHI TEMPLE. - THE MAIN SHRINE OF SUPREME ENLIGHTENMENT,THE MAHABODHI TEMPLE IS UNIQUE AMONGST OTHER NORTH INDIAN TEMPLES. IT IS AN ARCHITECTURAL AMALGAUNATION OF MANY CENTURIES & CULTURES. THE BODHI TREE-SITIUATED INSIDE THE TEMPLE PREMISES,UNDER WHICH BUDDHA ATTAINED ILLUMINATION.IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FOURTH OR FIFTH GENERATION OFF SPRINGS OF THE ORIGINAL. LUNCH AT HOTEL. AFTERNOON SIGHTSEEING OF NIRJANA RIVER,SUJATA VILLAGE & MONASTRIES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES (OPTIONAL). DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL IN BODHGAYA.

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BODHGAYA / VARANASI

MORNING BREAKFAST AND VIST DHUNGESHWARI CAVE, LUNCH AND DRIVE TO VARANASI. (245 KMS,6-HRS). ON ARRIVAL DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL IN VARANASI.

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VARANASI / LUCKNOW DEPARTURE

EARLY MORNING WAKE UP. VISIT TO RIVER GANGES - SIGHTSEEING OF WONDERFULL GHATS (BANK OF RIVER), ENJOY BOAT RIDE WITH PICTURESQUE VIEW OF SUNRISE. BREAKFAST AT HOTEL. PROCEED FOR SIGHTSEEING OF SARNATH- SITIUATED ABOUT 10 KM FROM VARANASI IS THE PLACE WHERE BUDDHA PREACHED HIS FIRST SERMON AFTER HE HAD ATTAINED ENLIGHTENMENT AT BODHGAYA. AT MUSEUM IN SARNATH CAN SEE THE ASHOK PILLAR WITH ITS FOUR GUARDIA LIONS THAT HAS BEEN AS INDIA'S NATIONAL EMBLEM.FREE TILL DEPARTURE. LUNCH AFTER DRIVE TO LUCKNOW. DINNER & TRANSFER TO AIRPORT TO CATCH FLIGHT FOR ONWORD DESTINATION.

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