11D 9N FOOTSTEPS OF LORD BUDDHA & SPIRITUAL (Tour Code : IN11BV) Validity : April - March 2021

the entrance is a boat ride through DEER PARK TOUR HIGHLIGHTS 10,000 years of Indian history with ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM animatronics telling stories from the The place where Lord Buddha life of Lord Swaminarayan for which preached his first sermon. Beside is DELHI the temple is dedicated to. the Archaeological Museum. Swaminarayan Akshardham Note : Closed on Mon / decent attire Temple required / No cameras etc allowed. DAY 04 BODHGAYA Boat ride subject to availability (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) without replacement. VARANASI River Ganges DAY 02 DELHI / VARANASI SARNATH (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) Deer Park Catch a domestic flight to Varanasi. Archaeological Museum EVENING AARTI This evening, witness a Hindu ritual BODHGAYA in which light is offered to one or Mahabodhi Temple more deities is performed at the Various Monasteries, Great Dashashwamedh Ghat. Buddha Statue Note : Boat ride subject to availability MAHABODHI TEMPLE with no replacement. The Temple is the focal point of RAJGIR Bodhgaya. It marks the spot where Japanese World Peace Stupa DAY 03 VARANASI / SARNATH Lord Buddha gained Vulture Peak enlightenment and set out on his / BODHGAYA life of preaching. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) NALANDA Ancient University

KUSHINAGAR Mahaparinirvana Temple Ramabhar Stupa

KAPILAVASTU

SRAVASTI VARIOUS MONASTERIES Jetavana Gardens RIVER GANGES GREAT BUDDHA STATUE Your boat excursion takes you past Most countries with a large Buddhist the many ghats. Watch the pilgrims population have a temple or a LUMBINI cleansing their sins in the sacred monastery in Bodhgaya usually Devi Temple waters, cremate their loved ones or built in a representative Sacred Tank simply to die here, hoping for architectural style. liberation from the cycle of birth.

DAY 01 SINGAPORE / DELHI Return to your hotel for breakfast. DAY 05 BODHGAYA / RAJGIR

(Lunch / Dinner) / NALANDA / PATNA Fly to Delhi. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) Drive 3 hours to Rajgir. SWAMINARAYAN AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE JAPANESE WORLD PEACE STUPA Listed in the 2009 edition of the Take a chair lift up the hill to the Guinness World Records Book as Japanese World Peace Stupa. the largest in the world, Akshardham Temple is breathtakingly lavish. Included in NAM HO TRAVEL SERVICE (S) PTE LTD People’s Park Complex, 1 Park Road, #01-84D/E, Singapore 059108 T: +65 6221 8433 | E: [email protected] | W: www.namho.com.sg

11D 9N FOOTSTEPS OF LORD BUDDHA & SPIRITUAL VARANASI (Tour Code : IN11BV) Validity : April - March 2021

VULTURE PEAK DAY 09 SRAVASTI / LUCKNOW Have a walk around Vulture Peak, / DELHI the place where Lord Buddha (Breakfast / Lunch) mediated for couple of years. Transfer to Lucknow for your

ANCIENT UNIVERSITY domestic flight to Delhi.

The most renowned University in Check in into your hotel. ancient India. It is also one of the greatest centres of learning in DAY 10 DELHI / SINGAPORE ancient times. MAYA DEVI TEMPLE (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) CONNAUGHT PLACE OR SAROJINI DAY 06 PATNA / SACRED TANK It was in Lumbini, where Queen MARKET KUSHINAGAR Mahamaya gave birth to Prince Do your last minute shopping. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) Siddhartha who later became Lord Transfer to the airport. Buddha. It is the place where the

Mayadevi Temple and the Sacred Tank exist. And it is here where the DAY 11 ARRIVED IN Prince had his first purification bath. SINGAPORE

DAY 08 LUMBINI / KAPILAASTU / SRAVASTI (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Return to India.

MAHAPARINIRVANA TEMPLE Located in the ruins which various ancient monasteries were found during the 5th century AD. The temple is famous for its 6.10m long statue of Lord Buddha.

RAMABHAR STUPA

The Ramabhar Stupa marks the place where Lord Buddha received the Mahaparinirvana or KAPILAVASTU Important Note : the Final Enlightenment. The 15m According to Buddhist tradition, - Minimum 2 to travel high stupa is also the most Kapilavastu is the name of the - Tour is conducted in English important pilgrim spot for the ancient city where Lord Buddha - If similar hotel category is not Buddhists. was raised and lived until the age available, supplement may of 29, when he renounced worldly apply for a higher category DAY 07 KUSHINAGAR / life. - During fair periods, hotels may be shifted to outskirt areas or LUMBINI JETAVANA GARDENS other cities (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) It is here at the Jetavana Gardens - Excludes tipping for driver Cross the border into Lumbini, where Lord Buddha confounded guide etc Nepal. his critics by making them witness a - Guide service on Day 03 miraculous million fold self- Varanasi and Sarnath, Day 04 Bodhgaya and Day 05 Rajgir manifestation seated on a and Nalanda Only thousand petal lotus, as fire and - Intercity drives with driver only water emanated from his boy.

NAM HO TRAVEL SERVICE (S) PTE LTD People’s Park Complex, 1 Park Road, #01-84D/E, Singapore 059108 T: +65 6221 8433 | E: [email protected] | W: www.namho.com.sg