Overview of Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour India Nepal

This Buddhist pilgrimage tour India Nepal Experience a spiritual journey through India and Nepal, following the path of Gautama Buddha. Begin in Delhi and travel to sacred destinations including Varanasi, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar, and Lumbini. Explore ancient sites like Nalanda University ruins and Sanchi Stupa, along with cultural highlights in Agra, home to the iconic Taj Mahal.This tour offers a perfect blend of spirituality, history, and cultural discovery across some of South Asia’s most revered destinations..

Itinerary at a Glance
DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT DELHI
DAY 2: DELHI TO VARANASI BY FLIGHT & BODHGAYA BY ROAD
DAY 3: EXCURSION TO NALANDA & RAJGIR
DAY 4: BODHGAYA TO VARANASI BY ROAD
DAY 5: VARANASI SIGHTSEEING
DAY 6: VARANASI TO KUSHINAGAR BY ROAD
DAY 7: KUSHINAGAR TO LUMBINI
DAY 8: LUMBINI SIGHTSEEING
DAY 9: LUMBINI SIGHTSEEING
DAY 10: LUMBINI TO SRAVASTI BY ROAD
DAY 11: SRAVASTI TO LUCKNOW BY ROAD
DAY 12: LUCKNOW SIGHTSEEING
DAY 13: LUCKNOW TO AGRA BY ROAD
DAY 14: AGRA SIGTSEEING
DAY 15: AGRA TO BHOPAL BY TRAIN
DAY 16: EXPLORE BHOPAL
DAY 17: BHOPAL TO DELHI BY FLIGHT
DAY 18: DELHI SIGHTSEEING
DAY 19: DELHI DEPARTURE

Detailed Itinerary

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT DELHI
Upon arrival (flight details are pending), you will be greeted with a traditional welcome and transfer to the hotel (Room available from 1400 hours). Begin your Buddhist Tour Package India.

DAY 2: DELHI TO VARANASI BY FLIGHT & BODHGAYA BY ROAD
Breakfast at Hotel, in the morning transfer to the airport for your flight for Varanasi.

Reached at Varanasi and proceed to Bodhgaya by road to Bodhgaya (Approx. 255 kms / 6-7 hours). Considered one of the 5 best cities to see Spiritual India This is most important Buddhist pilgrimage place of world.

DAY 3: EXCURSION TO NALANDA & RAJGIR
Breakfast at Hotel. We will proceed to same day excursion to Nalanda & Rajgir, You will visit the sites of Nalanda, where you can see the ruins of the oldest Buddhist University and Rajgir, also known as the “Vulture Peak”, where the Buddha spent some years of his life

DAY 4: BODHGAYA TO VARANASI BY ROAD
Breakfast, In the morning departure by road to Varanasi Approx. 255kms / o6-7 houurs). Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel and start your Varanasi Tour. Considered one of the oldest in the world, there are few places in India with as much color, charisma, or spirit as the ghats that bathe along the Ganges River in Varanasi. Late evening we will see evening prayer ceremonies in the ‘Ganga ghats’ (stone steps) of the Ganges river.

DAY 5: VARANASI SIGHTSEEING
Early morning proceed to from the boat on the Ganges river to see the Hindu rituals in the Ghats. Visits include Assi Ghat, Harishchandra Ghat, Panchganga Ghat, Manikarnika Ghat, and Lalita Ghat with the Nepalese Temple and Alamgir Mosque, Old City with the Vishwanatha Temple, Golden Temple, Annapurna Bhanani Temple, and Durga Temple. Return to the hotel for breakfast and later enjoy a city tour, including a visit to the Bharat Mata temple and a walk through the Benares Hindu University. In the afternoon visit Sarnath, the place where Buddha gave his first sermon and we will also visit its excellent museum.

DAY 6: VARANASI TO KUSHINAGAR BY ROAD
Breakfast at hotel, Departure to Kushinagar (300kms, 7 hours approx.), The place where Buddha raised Nirvana, among others we will visit the temple of Mahaparanirvana, inside which is the great reclining Buddha.

DAY 7: KUSHINAGAR TO LUMBINI
Breakfast at Hotel, In the morning Departure by road to Lumbini (200kms, 5 hours approx.) Buddha’s birthplace. The Sidharta Gautama (Buddha) was born in 623 B.C. in Lumbini and this place become most important Buddhist pilgrimage in India.

DAY 8: LUMBINI SIGHTSEEING
Breakfast. In the morning we will visit the Sacred Lumbini Garden, the Mayadevi Temple, the heart of all the monuments in this sacred place. The temple complex bears witness to several layers of buildings over the centuries.

DAY 9: LUMBINI SIGHTSEEING
Breakfast at hotel, free day for independent activities.

DAY 10: LUMBINI TO SRAVASTI BY ROAD
Breakfast at hotel, We return to India, we go to Sravasti (260kms, 6 hours approx.), One of the most important cities in India in the time of Buddha, and where the monsoon era spent 24 years, in the Jetavana monastery.

DAY 11: SRAVASTI TO LUCKNOW BY ROAD
Buffet Breakfast at Hotel In the morning departure by road to Lucknow (Approx. 180kms / 4-5 hours). You are most welcome to the “City of Nawabs” called Lucknow. the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, and which was an important cultural center in the 18th century, and witness to the end of the Muslim government in India.

DAY 12: LUCKNOW SIGHTSEEING
Morning Breakfast at Hotel, we will visit some of important monuments in Lucknow, visiting the Qaiser Bagh palace, the Sikander Bagh gardens, The Residency – where British citizens took refuge during the 5-month siege in 1857 rebellion or the Bara Imambara, one of the characteristic ceremonial halls from the city

DAY 13: LUCKNOW TO AGRA BY ROAD
Breakfast at Hotel, Departure by road to Agra (400kms, 5 hours approx.)

DAY 14: AGRA SIGTSEEING
Breakfast at Hotel, in the morning visit the Taj Mahal (closed on Fridays), the most fascinating and beautiful monument in India. There is also a visit to Agra Fort, an imposing fortress on the banks of the Yamuna River, built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565 AD

DAY 15: AGRA TO BHOPAL BY TRAIN
Breakfast at Hotel, In the morning transfer to the Agra train station to board train for Bhopal.
Departure: Agra at 0811 hours with Train 12002 /Bhopal Shatabdi
Arrival: Bhopal at 1535 hours
Upon arrival you will be received our tour guide and transferred to the hotel. The city combines scenic beauty, historicity, and modern urban planning.

DAY 16: EXPLORE BHOPAL
Breakfast, In the morning excursion to the Stupa Sanchi and Udaygiri-It is deserted Palace where monuments have not only survived despite nearly 2,000 years of ignore however but the Sanchi stupa is considered the best and most evocative example of ancient Buddhist architecture in India. Also visit the Bhimbetka ruins, famous for the large number of cave paintings dating from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. Executed mostly in red and white with the occasional use of green and yellow, with themes borrowed from the everyday events of eons ago, they usually depict the scenes of hunting, dancing, music, horse and elephant pilots, animal fighting, the collected honey, the decoration of scenes of the bodies, costumes, masking and scenes of the home, etc.

DAY 17: BHOPAL TO DELHI BY FLIGHT
Buffet Breakfast at Hotel and morning visit city of Bhopal, starting with a visit to the Chowk (bazaar), Jama Masjid, The Gohar Mahal, Later transfer to Airport to board flight for Delhi

Departure: Bhopal at 1655 hours with 6E 2053 (Indigo)
Arrival: Delhi at 1810 hours
Reach Delhi you will be given a traditional welcome by our staff and transfer to the hotel in Delhi for overnight stay

DAY 18: DELHI SIGHTSEEING
Breakfast at Hotel, In the morning, visit to Delhi. Visit the Qutub Minar, a gigantic 72m tower, built by India’s first Muslim ruler, Qutub-ud-din Aibak. Next in this tour is the visit the diplomatic area, government buildings, Rashtrapati Bhawan (residence of the President of India), Parliament, and India Gate (Arc de Triomphe).
In the afternoon visit Old Delhi, passing the Red Fort, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and enjoy a rickshaw ride (Man-Powered Bicycle Rickshaw) at Chandni Chowk, one of the oldest and largest bazaars in India. Next, we visit the Jama Mosque, the largest mosque in India and we will visit Rajghat where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated on January 31, 1948.

DAY 19: DELHI DEPARTURE
Breakfast at Hotel and Room available up to 1200 hours. At the convenient time transfer to the international airport. Hope you enjoy this Buddhist Tour Package.

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