Sacred Buddha Trail Tour

Arrival in Varanasi: Welcome on arrival at Varanasi Airport where a Magadh tours executive will meet and greet at the airport with a traditional welcome.

Transfer: After meet & greet assist services by our representative you will be transferred to your hotel for check-in.

Overnight Stay: At Varanasi Hotel.

Breakfast: Start the day with breakfast at the hotel.

Proceed to visit:

• Dhamekha Stupa – A massive and sacred monument marking the spot where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon after enlightenment. 
• Mulagandha Kuti Vihar – The Vihara enshrined with the sacred relics of Sakyamuni Buddha. 
• Ashokan Pillar – Marked the site of Buddha’s first sermon. It is famed for its Lion Capital, now the national emblem of India.
• Deer Park - A sacred site where Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon after enlightenment, marking the beginning of the Buddhist Sangha.
• Sarnath Museum - The Buddhist artifacts excavated from Sarnath, kept here.

In the Evening: 

• Ganga Aarti - Ganga Aarti is a beautiful and spiritual ritual performed on the banks of the River Ganga, especially in cities like Varanasi, Haridwar, and Rishikesh. It involves priests dressed in traditional attire offering prayers to the river using lit oil lamps (diyas), incense, flowers, and chanting of mantras.

Overnight stay: Back to hotel and overnight stay at Varanasi Hotel.

Breakfast: Start the day with Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning:Drive to Bodhgaya by Road (6 hours/300 kms). Arrival in Bodhgaya: Check-in to your hotel and relax.

Evening:

• Mahabodhi Temple: is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the world.
• Sujata village: Associated with a Woman Sujata, who offered milk-rice (sweet rice pudding) to Lord Buddha before getting enlightenment.
• Niranjana River: Bodhgaya is situated on the bank of river Niranjana – it is considered to be Holy symbol of Buddhism connected with the life of Lord Buddha.
• Various international monasteries: The monasteries of different countries E.G. Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, etc. including 80 ft. Buddha statue.

Overnight Stay: At Bodhgaya Hotel.

Breakfast: Start the day with Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning: Proceed for a full-day guided excursion to Rajgir-Nalanda

Proceed to Visit Rajgir: 

• Gridhakuta Hill: Known as Vulture’s Peak because its shape resembles a vulture’s beak. Buddha spent a lot of time meditating and teaching here.
• Venuvana Monastery: the first monastery gifted to Gautama Buddha by King Bimbisara of Magadha.

Proceed to Nalanda (20 minutes), home to the ancient Nalanda University, a great center of learning in ancient India.

• Nalanda University ruins: One of the world’s oldest universities and a center of learning for Mahayana Buddhism.
• Nalanda Archaeological Museum: the ancient International Monastic University established in 5th century BC, which taught Vedas, Logic, Grammar, Medicine, Meta-Physics, Prose Composition and Rhetoric.

Evening: Return to Bodhgaya. Overnight Stay: At Bodhgaya Hotel.

Breakfast: Start the day with Breakfast at the hotel.

Proceed for sightseeing:

• Visit Sujata Stupa, dedicated to the village woman who offered milk-rice to Buddha.

Transfer to Airport: Timely Transfer to the airport to catch the flight for onward destination.