Buddhist Connection

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Duration: 10 nights / 11 days
Destinations Covered: Delhi - Lucknow - Sravasti - Lumbini - Kushinagar - Patna - Rajgir - Bodhgaya -Varanasi - Kathmandu

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Day 01: Arrival Delhi
Arrive in Delhi. Upon arrival, you will be assisted at the airport & transfer to the hotel. Night stay in Delhi.

Day 02: Delhi - Lucknow
Morning, transfer to railway station to board Shatabdi express for Lucknow. Arrive
Lucknow, after lunch leave for Sravasti by road, Reach there & transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 03: Sravasti - Lumbini
Morning visit Sahet Mahet. Later leave for Lumbini - the birthplace of the Buddha, was located in 1890 after being untraced for 1,500 years, enroute visit Kapilavastu - it was in Kapilavastu's opulent environs, that the holy soul of prince Siddharth (Gautam Buddha) spent his childhood. Here he saw sorrow and pain, disease and death. Then, finally when he saw a radiant happy Sadhu who had conquered all these, he decided to renounce all worldly riches and pleasures to seek truth and embark on the path of salvation. On arrival transfer to hotel . Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 04: Lumbini - Kushinagar
Morning visit Birth place of Lord Buddha, later leave for Kushinagar - Kushinagar is where the Buddha finally attained Mahaparmirvana. Afternoon visit Nirvana Temple, Ramabhar Stupa & Cremation site of Lord Buddha. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 05: Kushinagar - Patna
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Patna enroute visit Vaishali carrying box lunch. On arrival transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 06: Patna – Rajgir - Bodhgaya
Morning leave for Bodhgaya - As the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment, Bodhgaya is the spiritual home of Buhddhists. It attracts tens of thousands of believers from all over the world. Bodhgaya situated near the river Niranjana, is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage centres since it was here that Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, enroute visit Nalanda & Rajgir - 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. On arrival transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 07: Bodhgaya
Breakfast at hotel. Visit temple and Niranjana river. Meals and overnight at hotel.

Day 08: Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Varanasi, carrying box lunch. On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit Sarnath - where the Buddha preached his first sermon in the Deer Park, contains the most impressive remains, as well as a modern temple. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 09: Varanasi - Kathmandu
Early morning boat rides on river Ganges. Breakfast at hotel. Later transfer to airport for flight to Kathmandu. Arrive Kathmandu & transfer to hotel. After lunch city tour of Kathmandu. Dinner & night stay at the hotel.

Day 10: Kathmandu
After breakfast visit to Patan City, Swyabhunath, Golden Temple & Bodhnath. Dinner & overnight at hotel.

Day 11: Departure
Transfer in time to airport for onward destination.