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DAY 01: Arrival Delhi
Arrive Delhi, meet assist at the airport & transfer to
hotel. Night stay in Delhi..
DAY 02: Delhi -Patna - Nalanda -Rajgir
Transfer to airport in time to connect flight to Patna.
On arrival in Patna proceed to Bodhgaya, by surface, on route visit Nalanda and Rajgir. Nalanda is known as the ancient seat of learning. Overnight at Hotel.
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Day 04: Bodhgaya
 Visit Mahabodhi Temple and Niranjana River. The Bodhgaya Stupa, or Mahabodhi Vihara as it is also known, was erected in the place where Buddha Shakyamuni gained enlightenment some two thousand five hundred years ago. Later leave for Varanasi by surface. Overnight at hotel. |
Day 05: Bodhgaya - Ragjir - Nalanda - Patna
After Breakfast drive to Patna enroute sightseeing of Nalanda & Rajgir. Rajgir -The picturesque Rajgir, or Rajagriha as it was known in the past (literally, the abode of kings) is surrounded by the meandering river Banganga and 5 hills. During the lifetime of the Buddha this was the capital of the powerful Magadhan kingdom, ruled by the virtuous King Bimbisara. The hills and caves surrounding Rajagriha were home to spiritual teachers, ranging from the materialism of the early Charavaka school to the metaphysics of Upanishadic philosophers. Like many others in search of truth, Prince Siddhartha, after he renounced his royal heritage came to this city to seek the path of vation. Nalanda -Nalanda was the most renowned university in ancient India. It derived its name from Na-alam-da, meaning Insatiable in Giving, one of the names by which the Lord Buddha was known Lunch at nice city restaurant at Rajgir. On arrival transfer to Hotel. Dinner & Night stay in Patna.
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Day 06: Patna - Lumbini
Leave for Lumbini by surface. Lumbini grove, the sacred site of Lord Buddha's birth is today a small village in Nepal, 27kms from Sonauli on the Indo-Nepal border.
Overnight at hotel.
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Day 07: Lumbini – Sravasti
Morning visit the birth place of Lumbini. Later depart for Sravasti enroute visit the sacred site Kapilvastu . Arrive Sravasti & transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel. |
Day 09: Sravasti -- Lucknow
Morning visit Sahet Mahet , Later depart for Lucknow & transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
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Day 10: Lucknow - Sankassia - Agra
After breakfast drive to Agra via Sankassia , a place where Buddha along with Brahma & Devraj Indra descended after giving sermons to his mother in heaven. At the spot of descent stands a temple with a statue of the Bu ddha. Arrive Agra & transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
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Day 10: Agra - Delhi
Morning visit visit the magnificient Taj Mahal - one of the seven wonders of the world surely th e most extravagant expression of love ever created. 20,000 men laboured for over 17 years to build this memorial to Shah Jahan's beloved wife, Also visit the Red fort - the rusty and majestic red- sandstone fort of Agra stands on the banks of the river Yamuna and the construction was started by Emperor Akbar in 1566. At the Diwan-I-Am (hall of public audience),a colonnaded hall of red-sandstone with a throne alcoveof inlaid marble at the back,the Emperor heard public petitions. At the Diwan-I-Khas (hall of private audience) wh ere marble pavilions with floral inlays lend an ethereal ambience, the Emperor s at on his gem-studded peacock Throne and met foreign ambassadors and rulers of friendly kingdoms. Afternoon depart to Delhi & transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
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Day11: Departure
After a leisurely breakfast sightseeing tour of New Delhi where ornate buildings recall the days when India was the Jewel in the crown of the British empire. Visit the 11th century Qutab Minar ,India Gate and the grand government buildings, the President's House , Red fort , Mahatama Gandhi Memorial , Also visit Laxmi Narayan temple popularly known as Birla Temple. After dinner transfer to airport for onward flight.
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