PROGRAM NO. 01

Delhi - Lucknow - Sravasti - Lumbini - Kushinagar - Rajgir - Bodhgaya - Lumbini - Kushinagar - Rajgir - Bodhgaya - Varanasi - Delhi.

Day 01: Delhi: Morning arrive Delhi. Transfer to hotel. Full day tour of Old & New Delhi.

Day 02: Delhi/ Lucknow / Sravasti: Breakfast at hotel. Morning transfer to airport to connect flight for Lucknow. On arrival leave for Sravasti. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03: Sravasti/Lumbini: Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Lumbini. Afternoon visit the birth place of Lord Buddha. Overnight at hotel.

Day 04: Lumbini/Kushinagar: Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Kushinagar. Later visit Nirvana Temple and Ramabhar Stupa. Overnight at hotel.


Day 05: Kushinagar/Rajgir: Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Rajgir enroute visit Vaishali. Overnight at hotel.



Day 06: Rajgir/Bodhgaya: Breakfast at hotel. Morning visit Nalanda University and Gridhkut mountain. Later leave for Bodhgaya. Overnight at hotel.

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

Day 08: Bodhgaya/ Varanasi: Breakfast at hotel. Morning leave for Varanasi. Overnight at hotel.

Day 09: Varanasi/Delhi: Early morning boat ride on river Ganges. Breakfast at hotel. Morning visit Sarnath where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon. Later transfer to airport to connect flight for Delhi. End of our services.

PROGRAM NO. 02

Delhi - Patna - Bodhgaya - Varanasi - Kushinagar - Lumbini - Kathmandu.

Day 01: Delhi: Arrive Delhi. Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 02: Delhi: Full day sightseeing of New and Old Delhi. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03: Delhi - Patna – Bodhgaya: Transfer to airport in time to connect flight to Patna. On arrival in Patna proceed to Bodhgaya, by surface, enroute visiting Nalanda and Rajgir. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 04: Bodhgaya: Visit Mahabodhi Temple and Niranjana River Later leave for Varanasi by surface. Overnight at hotel.

Day 05: Varanasi: Early morning boat ride on river Ganges. Afternoon visit Sarnath. Overnight at hotel.

Day 06: Varanasi – Kushinagar: Leave for Kushinagar by surface. Overnight at hotel.

Day 07: Kushinagar – Lumbini: Leave for Lumbini by surface. Overnight at hotel.

Day 08: Lumbini – Kathmandu: Leave for Kathmandu by surface. Overnight at hotel.

Day 09: Kathmandu: Early morning visit Nagarkot. Later visit Patan and Bhargaon. Overnight at hotel.

Day 10: Kathmandu: Morning brief city tour and later transfer to airport for onward destination

PROGRAM NO. 03

Delhi - Gonda - Sarawasti - Lumbini - Kushinagar - Varanasi - Bodhgaya.

Day 01: Delhi: Arrive Delhi, meeting assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel Park/Grand Intercontinental.

Later visit old/new Delhi. Morning visit Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana - the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, Jama Masjid and drive past Red Fort and Chandni Chowk.

Afternoon visit Qutub Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199, Humayun's Tomb, India Gate (War Memorial Arch ), Lakshminarayan Temple - a modern Hindu Temple. Also drive past President's House, Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings and Connaught Place shopping centre.

Day 02: Delhi -Agra -Tundla Night Train to Gonda.
Drive to Agra, visit city and Tajmahal. Afternoon visit the world famous Taj Mahal built by the Moghul Emperor Shahjehan in 1630 for his Queen Mumtaz Mahal to enshrine her mortal remains. Later visit the Agra Fort containing the Pearl Mosque, the Halls of Public and Private Audience. Also visit the Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daullah built by Empress Noorjehan in memory of her father.

Tansfer to rail-station to board overnight train to Gonda.

Day 03: Gonda - Sarawasti.
Arrive Gonda, driv e to Sarawasti, check in at hotel Nikko.

Day 04: Sarawasti - Lumbini.
Sravasti, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kosala, has the honour for shjeltering Budhha for 24 rainy seasons in the jetvana gardens. The city believed to be founded by the mythological king sravast, the age-old stupas, majestic monasteries and several temples. Buddha is said to have
performed some miracles here. This holy place also has the famous Anand Bodhi tree, an offspring of the one, said to have benn planted by buddha's main disciple Anand.

Drive to Lumbini, check in at hotel Nirvana.

Day 05: Lumbini - Kushinagar.
In the village of Lumbini in Nepal, the Queen Mahamaya gave birth to Prince Siddhartha who later became the Buddha. Over 2000 years ago the Emperor Ashoka set up a commemorative pillar here. The pillar carries the inscription -Here the Buddha was born-. Another shrine preserves an ancient image depicting the nativity of the Lord.

Drive to Kushinagar, check in at hotel Nikko.

Day 06: Kushinagar - Varanasi.
Kushinagar, (Kushinara of Yore ) is a revered place for Buddhist pilgrims , 55 kms away from Gorakhpur .
It was here theat the Tathagata, the reciterof truth, breathed his last with the last words, "behold now , breathren, I exhort you, saying, decay is inherent ai all component things! Work out you your salvation with deligence! A temple dedicted to event - the Mahaparinirvana temple today stands amidst a serene `sal` grove........as id still reminiscing the great demise. The huge Status of the Reclining Buddha, excavated in 1876 at the temple, is one of the most momenotour of all sights for the devout. It was brought from Mathura by a devout monk , haribala, during the regn of king Kumara Gupta in the 5th Century A.D.

The Whole of Kushinagar since the Mahaparinirvana of Gautam Buddha, was turned into a memorial site with stupas including the relic stupa-Mukutbandhana and Gupta period Chaitayas and Viharas, Built by the devout kings. The Chinese travellers Fa Hien Tsang and T.Ising visited Kushinagar during different centuries and recorded a graphic account of the place which later fell to bad
times, due to lack of patronage. These recording provided the vital clues for excavations done centuries later by Sir Alexander Cunningham.

The visiting site of kushinagar Fall in three categories. The Mahaparinirvana Temple, commemoratin the place of the great decease with a reclining statue of Lord budhha : Mata Kunwar Shrine contains a 10th century blue schist image of buddha and: RambharStupa, Which is supposedly the spot where Lord Buddha was cremated and his relics divided into eight equal parts.

Apart from this, a Chinese Temple , a Buddhist Temple , a Tibetan temple and the Indo-Japan-Srilanka Buddhist Centre hold significant religious value for pilgrims.

Drive to Varanasi, check in at hotel Clarks Varanasi.

Day 07: Varanasi - Bodhgaya.
Early morning boat excursion on the river Ganges, a ferry pilgrimage from ghat to ghat. People bathe early in the
morning to offer the prayers to the rising sun. The two cremation ghats are Manikarnika & Harishchandra where funeral pyre burns day and night. Every pious Hindu believes that to die in Kashi and to be cremated on banks of the Ganges is to attain release from the cycle of birth and death.

Afternoon visit Sarnath the buried Buddhist city where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon, Sarnath was a renowned school of learning from 6th century B.C. to 12th century AD. Visit the ruins, the stupa, the Buddhist temple and the Museum (Museum closed on Fridays).

Drive to Bodhgaya, check in at hotel Nikko.

Day 08: Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Nalanda - Patna. Night Train to Delhi.

Bodhgaya is one of the most sacred place for Buddhists & Hindus and has a number of Buddhist
temples. It is here, under the Maha Bodhi tree, Lord Buddha attained enlightment. Also visit the Nalanda
University, once a prominent seat of learning; Rajgir, whose hills are known for a large number of Buddhists
and Jain monuments; Pawapuri, where Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, attained enlightment.

Drive to Patan to board overnight train to Delhi.

Day 09: Arrive Delhi
Arrive Delhi and transfer to hotel Grand Intercontinental/PArk.

Day 10: Transfer to airport to board flight for onward journey.

PROGRAM NO. 04

Delhi - Sarawasti - Lumbini - Kushinagar - Patna - Bodhgaya - Varanasi - Delhi.

Day 01: Delhi
Arrive Delhi meeting assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel Park/Grand Intercontinental.

Later visit old/new Delhi Morning visit Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana - the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, Jama Masjid and drive past Red Fort and Chandni Chowk.

Afternoon visit Qutub Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199, Humayun's Tomb, India Gate (War Memorial Arch ), Lakshminarayan Temple - a modern Hindu Temple. Also drive past President's House, Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings and Connaught Place shopping centre.

Day 02: Delhi - Lucknow - Sarawasti.
Transfer to airport to board flight for Lucknow, arrive and drive to Sarawasti, check in at hotel Nikko.

Day 03: Sarawasti - Lumbini.
Situated 134 kms from Lucknow, and 29 kms from Balrampur, Sravasti, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kosala, has the honour for sheltering Budhha for 24 rainy seasons in the jetvana gardens. The city believed to be founded by the mythological king sravast, the age-old stupas, majestic monasteries and several temples. Buddha is said to have performed some miracles here. This holy place also has the famous Anand Bodhi tree, an offspring of the one, said to have benn planted by buddha's main disciple Anand.

Drive to Lumbini, check in at hotel Nirvana.

Day 04: Lumbini - Kushinagar.
In the village of Lumbini in Nepal, the Queen Mahamaya gave birth to Prince Siddhartha who later became the Buddha. Over 2000 years ago the Emperor Ashoka set up a commemorative pillar here. The pillar carries the inscription -Here the Buddha was born- Another shrine preserves an ancient image depicting the nativity of the Lord.

Drive to Kushinagar, check in at hotel Nikko.

Day 05: Kushinagar - Vaishali - Patna.
Kushinagar, (Kushinara of Yore ) is a revered place for Buddhist pilgrims , 55 kms away from Gorakhpur . It was
here theat the Tathagata, the reciterof truth, breathed his last with the last words, "behold now , breathren, I
exhort you, saying , decay is inherent ai all component things! Work out you your salvation with deligence! A
temple dedicted to event - the Mahaparinirvana temple today stands amidst a serene `sal` grove........as id
sill reminiscing the great demise. The huge Status of the Reclining Buddha, excavated in 1876 at the temple ,
is one of the most momenotour of all sights for the devout . It was brought from Mathura by a devout monk ,
haribala, during the regn of king Kumara Gupta in the 5th Century A.D.

The Whole of Kushinagar since the Mahaparinirvana of Gautam Buddha, was turned into a memorial site with stupas including the relic stupa-Mukutbandhana and Gupta period Chaitayas and Viharas, Built by the devout kings.
The Chinese travellers Fa Hien Tsang and T.Ising visited Kushinagar during different centuries and recorded a graphic account of the place which later fell to bad times, due to lack of patronage . These recording provided the vital clues for excavations done centuries later by Sir Alexander Cunningham.

The visiting site of kushinagar Fall in three categories -The Mahaparinirvana Temple, commemoratin the place of the great decease with a reclining statue of lord budhha - Mata Kunwar Shrine contains a 10th Century blue schist image of buddha and: RambharStupa, Which is supposedly the spot where Lord Buddha was cremated and his relics divided into eight equal parts.

Apart from this, a Chinese Temple , a Buddhist Temple , a Tibetan temple and the Indo-Japan-Srilanka Buddhist Centre hold significant religious value for pilgrims.

Drive to Patna enroute visiitng Vaishali, check in at Hotel Ashok.

Vaishali, belived to be the first republic of the world, having and elected body of representative hold special significance for buddhist devotees. At Kolhua, Lord buddha delivered his last sermon, Hinting at his impending departure from the mortal world. Later, Emperor Ashok erectd a huge pillar to
commemorate the spote of the last sermon.

Vaishali was also the centre of the 11nd Buddhist Council congregation, held after 100 years of Buddha`s Parinirvana to discuss to tem points of Vanaya, the rule of conduct under dispute. At the the excavated aerchaeological site of Raja Vishal Ka Garh is an ancient parliament house, which indicates that this republic flourished in the 6th Century B.C .Vaishali is famous for Amrapali, the beautiful dancer and courtesan of Vaishali, Who offered Buddha a Mango orchard and impressed by his teachings bacame a nun ( Bhikshu) in turn The excavation carried out in Vaishali have brought to light Buddha Stupa I (4th Century B.C.) and II, Built in brick with a casket containing part of the ashes of buddha . Other sites of historical importance in Vashali include Chaumukhi Mahadeva, a lingam ccarved with four faces of Lord Shiva : the bhawan Pushkar Temple, where a large number of Hindu deities are enshrined at one place and are worshipped together: Coronation tank where the Lichhavi King were anointed before being crowned crowned and : the Vaishali Museum which was a small collection of regional handicrafts . also worth avisit is Kundupur, 4kms from here which is the birth place of Lord Mahavira( 6th Century B.C) Who spent 22 years of his initial years here.

Day 06: Patna - Nalanda - Rajgir - Bodhgaya.
Morning visit Harmandir Temple in Marble built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (19th century), Golghar - Huge Beehive shaped Granary; the Patna Museum containing original chinese and tibetan scrolls and the Khudabaksh oriental library.

Bodhgaya is one of the most sacred place for Buddhists & Hindus and has a number of Buddhist temples. It is here, under the Maha Bodhi tree, Lord Buddha attained enlightment. Also visit the Nalanda University, once a prominent seat of learning; Rajgir, whose hills are known for a large number of Buddhists and Jain monuments; Pawapuri, where Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, attained enlightment.

Drive to Bodhgaya enroute visiting Nalanda and Rajgir, check in at hotel Nikko.

Day 07: Bodhgaya - Varanasi

Drive to Varanasi, check in at hotel Clarks Varanasi.

Day 08: Varanasi/Delhi.
Early morning boat excursion on the river Ganges, a ferry pilgrimage from ghat to ghat. People bathe early in the morning to offer the prayers to the rising sun. The two cremation ghats are Manikarnika & Harishchandra where funeral pyre burns day and night. Every pious Hindu believes that to die in Kashi and to be cremated on banks of the Ganges is to attain release from the cycle of birth and death.

Afternoon visit Sarnath the buried Buddhist city where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon, Sarnath was a renowned school of learning from 6th century B.C. to 12th century AD. Visit the ruins, the stupa, the Buddhist temple and the Museum (Museum closed on Fridays).

Check-out from hotel at 12noon, transfer to rail-station to board overnight train to Delhi.

Day 09: Delhi.
Arrive Delhi and trasnfer to hotel Grand Intercontinental/Park.

Day 10: Transfer to airport to board flight for onward journey.