Tour 16 Enlighten Lord Buddha Pilgrim

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Day 01: Arrive Bodhgaya : On arrive Gaya airport. Welcome & assistances by our Magadh Tours representative in airport, Then you will be transfer to Bodhgaya. Overnight in a hotel at Bodhgaya. 

Day 02: At Bodhgaya : After breakfast proceed for full day tour to Bodhgaya visit , visit Mahabodhi Temple, Sujata Village, Niranjana river, 80 feet high lord Buddha Statue & Various international monasteries. Overnight at a hotel in Bodhgaya. 

Day 03: Bodhgaya/ Rajgir – Nalanda / Rajgir / Patna : Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Rajgir (65 Kms). Visit Gridhkutta ( Vulture 's peak), World Peace Stupa, Venuvanaram & Bimbisar Prison. Drive continue to Nalanda (12 kms) to visit the ruins of world ancient University. It was one of the oldest Universities of the World & International Centre for Buddhist Studies. Thereafter drive to Patna, on arrival check in at hotel. Overnight stay at a hotel in Patna. 

Day 04:  Patna - Vaishali - Kushinagar : Early morning drive to Kushinagar (approx 260 Kms / 7 hrs) enroute visiting Vaishali. Lunch will be served en route. On arrival check in at hotel. Overnight stay at a hotel.

Day 05 : Kushinagar / Lumbini : Breakfast at hotel. Proceed for visiting Mahaparinirvana Temple (where Buddha took his last breathe) and Rambhar Stupa (cremation site of lord Buddha) and Japan Temple. After visit drive (170 kms / approx 04 hrs drive) to Lumbini (in Nepal). Kindly obtain double entry visa for India & single entry visa for Nepal). On arrival, check in at hotel. After then visit the Holy Birth place of Lord Buddha. Overnight stay at hotel in Lumbini. 

Day 06 : Lumbini / Sravasti : Breakfast at hotel. Morning visit the Lumbini temple. Afternoon drive to Sravasti (180 kms) Enroute visit Kapilvastu (10 kms) On arrival check in at hotel. Overnight in hotel.

Day 07 : Sravasti / Varanasi : Breakfast at hotel. Proceed for visit Saheth (Jetvanaram) & Maheth (AngulimalCaves). Drive to Varanasi, On arrival check in to the hotel. Overnight in hotel. visit Sarnath (Dhemekha Stupa & Deer Park). Overnight in hotel at Varanasi 

Day 08 : Varanasi : Early morning boat ride in Holy river The Ganges. After breakfast and proceed for Varanasi city visit Bharat Mata Temple, Kali Temple, Banaras Hindu University, Kasi Vishwanath Temple. After lunch excursion to Sarnath, visiting Dhemekha Stupa, Deer Park & Museum. Evening transfer to Varanasi railway station to board overnight train for Delhi.

Day 09 : Varanasi + Departure : Breakfast at hotel, Free for your own activities. After lunch transfer to airport for onward destination with sweet memory of India Visit.

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  • Accommodation on Triple Sharing Basis
  • Meals as Per Meal Plan
  • All Applicable Taxes
  • Guide as per your preferred language
  • All Transfers and Sightseeing by coach
  • Driver Allowance, Toll, Permit and All Parking Charges.
  • Check our as per Hotel rules.
  • 2 Mineral water bottles per day, per person
  • Assistance on Arrival.
  • A 24 - hour helpline.

 

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  • Air Fare / Train fare.
  • Personal Expenses such as Laundry, telephone calls, tips & gratuity, mineral water, soft & hard drinks, rafting, rock climbing, paragliding, portage.
  • Additional sightseeing or extra usage of vehicle, other than mentioned in the itinerary.
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  • GST.
  • Insurance.
  • Anything which is not included in the inclusion.
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The most important places of pilgrimage in Buddhism are located in the Gangetic plains of Northern India and Southern Nepal, in the area between New Delhi and Rajgir. This is the area where Gautama Buddha lived and taught, and the main sites connected to his life are now important places of pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus. However, many countries that are or were predominantly Buddhist have shrines and places which can be visited as a pilgrimage.

Places where Buddha lived

Four main pilgrimage sites

Gautama Buddha is said to have identified four sites most worthy of pilgrimage for his followers, saying that they would produce a feeling of spiritual urgency. These are:

Lumbini: birthplace (in Nepal)

Bodh Gaya: the place of his Enlightenment (in the current Mahabodhi Temple,Bihar, India).

Sarnath: (formally Isipathana,Uttar pradesh, India) where he delivered his first teaching.

Kusinara: (now Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India) where he died.

The Eight Great Place

Pilgrimage to

Buddha's

Holy Sites

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The Four Main Sites

Bodh Gaya Kushinagar Lumbini Sarnath

Four Additional Sites

Rajgir Sankassa Shravasti Vaishali

Other Sites

Amaravathi Chandavaram Devadaha

Gaya Kapilavastu Kesaria

Kosambi Nalanda Pataliputra

Pava Varanasi

Later Sites

Ajanta Caves Barabar Caves Bharhut

Ellora Caves Lalitgiri Mathura

Pandavleni Caves Piprahwa Ratnagiri

Sanchi Udayagiri Vikramashila

In the later commentarial tradition, four other sites are also raised to a special status because Buddha had performed a certain miracle there. These four places, partly through the inclusion in this list of commentarial origin, became important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in ancient India, as the Attha-mahathanani (Pali for 'The Eight Great Places'). It is important to note, however, that some of these events do not occur in the Tipitaka and are thus purely commentarial.

The first four of the Eight Great Places are identical to the places mentioned by the Buddha:

Lumbini

Bodh Gaya

Sarnath

Kusinara

The last four are places where a certain miraculous event is reported to have occurred:

Sravasti: Place of the Twin Miracle, showing his supernatural abilities in performance of miracles. Sravasti is also the place where Buddha spent the largest amount of time, being a major city in ancient India.

Rajgir: Place of the subduing of Nalagiri, the angry elephant, through friendliness. Rajgir was another major city of ancient India.

Sankassa: Place of the descending to earth from Tusita heaven (after a stay of 3 months teaching his mother the Abhidhamma).

Vaishali: Place of receiving an offering of honey from a monkey. Vaishali was the capital of the Vajjian Republic of ancient India

Some other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected to the life of Gautama Buddha are: Pataliputta, Nalanda, Vikramshila, Gaya, Kapilavastu, Kosambi, Amaravati, Nagarjuna Konda, Sanchi, Varanasi, Kesariya, Devadaha, Pava and Mathura. Most of these places are located in the Gangetic plain.