BUDDHA – THE LIGHT OF INDIA
Duration: 10 Nights/11 Days
Places Covered: Delhi – Varanasi – Bodhgaya – Rajgir – Nalanda – Patna – Kushinagar Lumbini Balrampur – Lucknow.
| Day 01: Buddha – The Light of India
- Arrive in Delhi at International Airport
- Meet and Greet services by Nice Holidays Representative at the airport and transfer to hotel.
- Overnight at Hotel.
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| Day 02: Delhi “ Sight Seing |
- After breakfast Morning sightseeing tour of Old & New Delhi visiting Qutab Minar, Red Fort, Jama Masjid , Indian Gate – war Memorial, Lakshminarayan temple, Raj Ghat – cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi & chandani Chowk – shopping centre of Old Delhi .
- Overnight at Hotel.
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| Day 03: Delhi “ Varanasi |
- Morning transfer to airport to board flight to Varanasi,
- On arrival transfer to hotel.
- After noon excursion to Sarnath, the buried Buddhist city where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon.
- Overnight at Hotel
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| Day 04: Varanasi “ Bodhgaya |
- Early morning boat excursion on the Holy River Ganges to see the bathing ghats and cremation site.
- Later leave by surface for Bodhgaya .
- Overnight at Hotel
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| Day 05:Bodhgaya |
- Morning full day sightseeing in Bodhgaya the most important Buddhist pilgrimage center in the world for all followers of Lord Buddha where Lord Buddha entered into meditation after being moved by the suffering of mankind .
- Overnight at Hotel.
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| Day 06: Bodhgaya- Rajgir – Nalanda “ Patna |
- Leave for Patna enroute visiting Rajgir and Nalanda
- Rajgir is a site of great sanctity and significance for Buddhists. The Gridhakuta Hill in Rajgir was the seat from where Buddha delivered many of his sermons.
- Nalanda is one of the oldest Universities of the World.
- Overnight at Hotel.
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| Day 07: Patna “ Kushinagar |
- Drive to Kushinagar enroute visiting Vaishali, where Lord Buddha delivered his last sermon.
- Afternoon sightseeing in Kushinagar visiting Mahaparinirvana temple commemorating the place of the great decease with a reclining statue of Lord Buddha, Rambhar Stupa where Lord Buddha was cremated .
- Overnight at Hotel
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| Day 08: Kushinagar “ Lumbini |
- Drive to Lumbini, afternoon visit the site where Buddha was born 2500 years ago. Overnight at hotel
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