VARANASI - Temple Tour ( Kashi Viswanath – Annpurna – Kashivshalakchi- Kaal Bhiarva – Sankat Mochan – Durga Mandir –Manas Mandir - Bharat Mata Mandir ) - Ganga Aarti – Sarnath – GAYA & BODHGAY + ALLAHABAD ( Alopi Devi Temple , Badehanuman , Akbar fort )
Duration :5 Night /6 days
Destination : Varanasi + Gaya & Bodhgaya + Allahabad / Pryagraj
Day 01:-Varanasi - Arrival - Ganga Arti
Pickup from Varanasi ( Banaras ) Airport/ Varanasi Railway Station/ DDU Railway station & transfer to Hotel, check in to Hotel. At evening, get ready to experience one of the most memorable moments of your life, as you will be taken to River Ganges. Enjoy Ganga Aarti & you feel you are seat in Heaven. Get a glimpse of the spiritualism at the Ganga Ghats (river front).Can enjoy the Ganga Arti on Boat (optional and by own cost). Night stay at Hotel in Varanasi.
Timing of Gange Aarti :-
Gange aarti takes place at 6.45 PM in the Summer & In the Winter at 6.00 PM after the sunset for around 45 minutes at the Dashashwamedh ghat in the Varanasi. All Devotees have started to come to see the Gange aarti at least two hour before.
Details :
1. Ganga Aarti
2. Boat Ride
Day 02:-Varanasi - Morning Boat Ride-Sarnath -Temple Tour
Tour will be start in Early morning at 05 .00 am before Sun rise , we will be taken for a boat ride on the Ganges. It is a mystical and spiritual experience as you watch people offering water to the Sun God and devotees taking holy dip in the Ganges. We will visit all the famous Ghats ( Dashsawmedh Ghat , Meer Ghat , Harischandra Ghat , Manikarnika Ghat , Raja Ghat ) of Varanasi via boat . Latter visit - Kashi Vishwanath temple, Annapurna Temple, Kashi Vishalakchhi Temple , the Bharat Mata temple, Sankat Mochan (Hanuman temple), Manas Mandir, New kashi Viswanath Temple . Come back to hotel have a breakfast.
Latter in noon, we will be taken for an excursion to Sarnath. Sarnath is the place where Buddha delivered his first sermon to his disciples. The attractions at Sarnath are the Buddha temples, the Dhamekha stupa, Chaukhandi stupa and the archaeological museum.
In evening have leisure time for shopping in Varanasi ( optional and by your own). Night stay at Hotel in Varanasi.
Details :-
1. Morning boat ride on the River Ganges.
2. Vishwanath temple, Annpurna Temple
3. Bharat Mata Mandir, Sankat Mochan, Manas Mandir, BHU
4. Sarnath (Dhamekh Stupa, the Chaukhandi Stupa and the Archaeological museum)
Day 03 :- Varanasi - Bodhgaya (300 Kms 6 Hrs)
After Breakfast transfer Varanasi Hotel to Bodhgaya Check in Hotel & Visit Lord Buddha Temple (Maha Bodhi temple, Japanese Temple , Cambodian Temple , Thai Temple , Chinese Temple ), Bodhi Tree, Buddha Statue. night stay at Hotel in Bodhgaya / Gaya.
Details :-
1. Bodhi Tree, Buddha Statue
2. Japanese Temple, Chinese Temple, Tibetian Temple
Day 04:- Bodhgaya-Gaya-Varanasi (300 Kms 6 Hrs)
Early Morning at 05.30 AM transfer to Gaya (12 Kms).Visit Vishnu Temples, Vishnupad Temple is sacred among Hindus and is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. According to believers and religious texts, the footprints inside the temple are those of Lord Vishnu.
Visit Mangla Gauri Temple ( Shakti Peeth ) , Phalguna River and back drive to Varanasi. night stay at Hotel in Varanasi.
Details :-
2.Visit Vishnu Temples,
3.Phalguna River
Day 05:- Varanasi – Allahabad / Prayagraj (150 KM, 3 hrs) one side
Aafter breakfast,transfer from Hotel to Allahabad Triveni Sangam . Enjoy the holy bath in river Ganga and in Sangam (Meeting point) of the three rivers - Ganga, Yamuna & Saraswati. Sangam - overlooked by the eastern ramparts of the fort, wide flood plains and muddy banks protrude towards the sacred Sangam. At the point at which the brown Ganges meets the Greenish Yamuna, pandas (priests) perch on small platforms to perform puja and assist the devout in their ritual ablutions in the shallow waters. Beaches and ghats are littered and various holy rituals will be seen everywhere near ghats.
Latter we will cover the other spot in Allahabad / Prayagraj like Hanuman Temple, Anand Bhavan - one of the country’s best-running museums in memory of Jawahar Lal Nehru. Swaraj Bhawan -the house where the former Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi was born. Drive back to Varanasi & Night stay at Hotel In Varanasi.
Details :-
1. Triveni Sangan bath
2. Hanuman Temple , Alopi Devi Temple , Akbar Fort .
3. Anand Bhavan, Swaraj Bhavan
Day 06:- Drop to Varanasi Airport / Varanasi Railway station / DDU Railway Station
After Breakfast, have leisure time in morning. Latter drop to Varanasi ( Banaras ) Airport/ Varanasi Railway / DDU Railway station with pleasant memory of holy trip.
Details :-
1. Drop to Airport or Railway Station.