ITINERARY CODE :
AT&TB -3005 |
DURATION :
09 NIGHTS & 10 DAYS |
PLACES : MUMBAI - AURANGABAD - ELLORA - AJANTA - BHUSHAWAL - BHOPAL - SANCHI - AGRA - DELHI - PATNA - RAJGIR - BODHGAYA - VARANASI - KUSHINAGAR - LUMBINI - SHRAVASTI - LUCKNOW - DELHI |
| Day |
Program |
Remark |
| Day 1 |
Reception at Mumbai Airport & local Mumbai visit & move to Aurangabad.
Night stay at Aurangabad. |
- On arrival reception at Mumbai Airport & local Mumbai visit. Later transfer
to domestic airport for flight to Aurangabad.
- Places of attraction in Mumbai are Gateway of India, Wales Museum,
Parliament House, Marine Drive, Jain Temple & Hanging Garden.
|
| Day 2 |
After early morning breakfast move to visit Ellora Caves & Ajanta Caves.
Overnight Journey to Bhopal. |
- After morning breakfast drive to visit Elllora caves (Tuesday Closed) which
encompasses three religion - Buddhism, Hinduism & Jainism. It has 34 caves
which consist of monasteries & temples, but the most remarkable is Kailasa
Temple.
- After visiting ellora caves proceed to visit Ajanta caves (Monday Closed),
all 30 caves are exclusively Buddhist but they are unique as they combine
three forms of art i.e architecture, sculpture & paintion.
- After Ajanta caves visit, transfer to Bhusaval rly stn to board train for
Bhopal.
- Late night arrival at Bhopal, reception & transfer to hotel.
|
| Day 3 |
Local Bhopal visit & move to Agra.
Night Stay at Agra. |
- Local tour to Saanchi Stupa, a very popular destination for Buddhist
Travelers; the hill is full of stupas, monasteries, temples & pillarss.
- In after noon transfer to rly station to board train for Agra. On arrival
reception at Agra rly stn & transfer to hotel for night stay.
|
| Day 4 |
Local Agra visit.
Night Stay at Agra. |
- Morning visit magnificent Taj Mahal (Closed on Friday), which is entirly made
of white marble & decorated with exquisite Pietra Dura. Post lunch visit Agra
Fort.
|
| Day 5 |
Pick-up from hotel move to Patna.
Night stay at Patna. |
- After morning breakfast drive to New Delhi, local sight seeing at New Delhi &
then transfer to Domestic airport for flight to Patna.
- Places of attraction in Delhi are Red Fort, Raj Ghat, India Gate, President's
House & Parliament House etc.
- On arrival at Patna airport reception & hotel transfer at Patna.
|
| Day 6 |
Pick-up from hotel move to Bodhgaya.
Night stay at Bodhgaya. |
- Enroute visit Rajgir & Nalanda. On arrival check-in into hotel for night stay.
- Places of attraction in Rajgir are Gridhakuta Hill & Bimbisara jail, Vishwa
Shanti Stupa & various Jain temples.
- Places of attraction in Nalanda are Nalanda university, Nalanda - one of the
oldest university of the world & international centre for Buddhist studies,
Xuan Zang Memorial Hall & Chinese Pagoda etc.
|
| Day 7 |
Local Bodhgaya visit & move to Varanasi.
Night stay at Varanasi. |
- Pre lunch sight seeing at Bodhgaya. Post lunch move to Varanasi.
- On arrival check-in into hotel for night stay.
- Places of attraction in Bodhgaya are Maha Bodhi Tree, Burmese Temple,
Buddhist Monastery of Bhutan, International Buddhist House & Japanese
Temple, Thai Temple & Monastery, Tibetan Monastery & Archaeological
Museum etc.
|
| Day 8 |
Pick-up from hotel &move to Kushinagar.
Night Stay at Kushinagar. |
- After enjoying early morning boat ride in holy river Ganga visit Kashi
Vishwanath Temple & move to Kushinagar.
|
| Day 9 |
Local Kushinagar visit & move to Shravasti.
Night stay at Shravasti. |
- Enroute visit Lumbini.
- Places of attraction in Kushinagar are Mahaparinirvana Temple, Ramabhar
Stupa - Cremation ground of Lord Buddha, Main Stupa - Nirvana Chaitya,
Matha Kuar Shrine, Meditation Park, Indo-Japan-Srilanka Temple, Wat-Thai
Temple, Museum, Linh Son Chinese temple, Burmese Temple, Birla Hindu
Buddha temple, Japanese Stupa & Korean Temple etc.
- Places of attraction in Lumbini are Maya Devi Temple, Puskarni Pond, Sacred
Garden, Myanmar Temple, China Temple, Korean Temple, Japan Peace
Stupa & other beautiful monuments & temples built by Vietnam, Thiland,
Mongolia, France, Germany & Sri Lanka.
|
| Day 10 |
Local Shravasti Visit & move to Delhi.
TOUR END |
- Local Shravasti visit & drive to Lucknow to board the flight to Delhi. Move
from Domestic Airport to International airport to take International flight
for onward journey.
- Places of attraction in Shravasti are Jetavana, Maha Mangole Temple, Maha
Veera Temple, Saheth & Maheth etc.
- Tour Ends with sweet memories.
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