Visit Various Pilgrimage Destinations With Buddhist Circuit Tour In India
Your guide journey will start from after your arrival in Bodh Gaya, head to your booked hotel for check in, later our agency representative will meet you at your hotel with your tour guide and a well maintained AC car for all your travel needs. Begin your Buddhist circuit tour and visit holy seat of Buddhist religion, here Gautam Buddha achieved enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. During 17th century Emperor Ashoka's queen destroyed the tree that offered shade to Buddha, but their daughter saved it by a small implanting a small sapling of it in Sri Lanka, later a sapling of that tree was brought back to this place. Various countries have set up many monasteries and meditation places in Bodh Gaya, the Tibetan Karma Temple, the Thai monastery, Namgyal Monastery and the Indosan Nipponji temple there are many other sites set up by China and Nepal.
On the second day of your Buddhist circuit tour visit Dungeshwari Caves, after having some traditional breakfast at hotel. At these caves Buddha spent years of meditating before attaining enlightenment or €Nirvana'. Other places to visit in Bodh Gaya are Brahmajuni Hill - Buddha's fire sermon site, later proceed for your next tour destination Rajgir, it is located at a distance 70 km and takes around two hours by road to reach there. Rajgir is famous for Vishwashanti Stupa which was built by Japanese Buddhists, it can only be reached by chairlift. Return to hotel for dinner and night's stay. On the third day of your trip visit Nalanda, located at 12 km see Nalanda University Ruins Archaeological Complex, which shows wonderful view of ancient university. As you finishes sightseeing of Nalanda many famous sites proceed for Bihar capitol Patna and houses some of famous tourist sites like Golghar -built as a granary, Gandhi and Patna Museum, Qila House and Har Mandir Takht. Patna is of great importance in the present time as it was in the ancient time.
On the sixth day of your Buddhist circuit tour depart for Vaishali, here Buddha preached his last sermon. You can see the ruins of Ashoka pillar here which are almost 2300 years old. Have lunch at one of suitable hotel and then visit Kesariya where Buddha gave away his begging bowl just before his death. Have night's stay at Patna hotel and depart for Kushinagar on next day morning, located at a distance of 220 km from Patna. At Kushinargar, Buddha breathed his last breadth here, you will find several monuments by his devotees from around the world, some of the famous one's are the Mahaparinirvan Temple, Vietnam's meditation centre and gardens, the Burmese Mahasukhamdadacham Thargyi Pagoda and Linh Son Buddhists temple. Now as your tour ends depart for Delhi by flight to continue with your journey.