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Holidays Tour :: Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour
Duration :- 07 Nights
- 08 Days
Destinations Covered : Delhi - Patna - Nalanda - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
- Varanasi - Delhi
Day 01 : Arrive Delhi
On the 1st day of your Buddhist pilgrimages tour, reach Delhi, the capital of
India. Here, you will meet the tour guide, representative. Check in the hotel.
Stay overnight at the hotel
Day 02 : Delhi
Take a sightseeing tour to the tourist attractions of the bustling cities of
Old and New Delhi. You can see red fort, Jama Masjid and the market of Chandni
Chowk in Old Delhi, while Cannaught Place, Jantar Mantar, Raj Ghat, Rashtrapati
Bhavan and other pleasant attractions in New Delhi. You can freely spend the
evening, as you like. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 03 : Delhi - Patna
On the 3rd day of Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour in India, take a flight to the
capital city of Patna in Bihar, East India. Reach Patna and check in the hotel
with the help of the tour guide. You will take on the tour to attractive tourist
interest sites located in Patna like, the Patna Museum, ancient site Kumharar,
Gulzari Bagh, and Gol Ghar. You are free to spend the evening, as you like.
Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 04 : Nalanda - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
Move on to a tour to Nalanda, one of the world's earliest universities that
conferred the lotus of spiritual knowledge. It was an important sit of monastic
university of Buddhist learning in the 5th to 11th century. Also take a drive
to Rajgir, the Royal palace, an important Buddhist pilgrimage site. After
attaining enlightenment, lord Buddha spent five years at Rajgir. Rajgir also
holds connections with the Mahabharata period. Later in the evening, take
a drive to Bodhgaya, the pious spot where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment.
Stay overnight at this holy Buddhist site.
Day 05 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Take a tour of the temples and monasteries at Bodhgaya in Bihar. See the papal
Bodhi tree the witness of the time when lord Buddha attained enlightenment,
near the famous Mahabodhi temple. In the afternoon, take a drive to Varanasi,
a spiritual city of Uttar Pradesh, India. Reach Varanasi and your tour guide
will assist you to check in a hotel. Spend the rest of the evening at your
leisure.
Day 06 : Varanasi - Sarnath
Take on a boat cruise on the River Ganges in the morning. By the afternoon
take a tour to Sarnath. Sarnath completes you Buddhist circuit. See here Stupa,
Ashoka Pillar, Museum and interesting excavated sites.
Day 07 : Varanasi - Delhi
Take on a tour to the interesting temples and exciting bazaars of Varanasi
in Uttar Pradesh in India. Later in the afternoon, you will leave for Delhi.
Reach Delhi, check in the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 08 : Delhi
On the 8th and the last day of your Buddhist pilgrimage tour, the tour guide
will arrange for you a drive to the Delhi International Airport so that you
can board a flight back home with sweet memories of incredible India
