Varanasi-Bodhgaya-Ayodhya-Allahabad/Varanasi
Day
1:- Varanasi Arrivals– Ganga Aarti
Pickup from Airport/Railway station and 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. Get a
glimpse of the spiritualism at the Ganga Ghats (river front).Can enjoy the Ganga
Aarti on Boat (optional and by own cost). Night stay at Hotel in
Varanasi.
Summary :
1. Ganga Aarti
Day
2:- Varanasi – Morning Boat Ride-Sarnath -Temple Tour
Early morning, 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 of Varanasi via boat. Latter visit the most religious Kashi
Vishwanath temple, Annapurna Temple, the Bharat Mata temple, Sankat
Mochan(Hanuman temple), Manas Mandir, BHU. Come back to hotel for
breakfast.
Latter in non, 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.
Summary :
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
3:- Varanasi – Bodhgaya (300 Kms 6 Hrs)
After Breakfast transfer to Bodhgaya Check in Hotel. Later
Visit Lord Buddha Temple (Maha Bodhi temple), Bodhi Tree, Buddha
Statue. Covers other sightseeing places Sita Kund, Janki temple, Haleshwar
Asthan, Ram chura(Vaisahali) and Overnight stay at Hotel in Bodhgaya.
Summary :
1.Visit Lord Buddha Temple River , Bodhi Tree, Buddha Statue
2.Sita Kund, Janki temple, Haleshwar Asthan, Ram chura(Vaisahali)
Day
4:- Bodhgaya-Gaya-Varanasi (300 Kms 6 Hrs)
After Breakfast 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 Japanese Temple, Chinese Temple, TibetianTemple, Phalguna
River and drive to Varanasi. Overnight stay at Hotel in Varanasi.
Summary :
1. Japanese Temple, Chinese Temple, TibetianTemple
2. Visit Vishnu Temples,
3. Phalguna River
Day
5:- Varanasi- Ayodhya (250KM - 5 hrs)
After early breakfast, we proceed to Ayodhya. Full day
sightseeing of Ayodhya city. Ayodhya - a very holy city and is an important
pilgrimage site. Lord Rama was born and had many of his pastimes here. It is
said to have once had a perimeter of 96 miles and was the capital of Koshala.
It is on the banks of the Gogra (Ghaghara or Saryu) River, bathing in which is
supposed to destroy even the sin of killing a Brahmin. On the right bank of the
river Ghagra or Saryu, as it is called within sacred precincts, stands the holy
city of Ayodhya, believed to be the birth place of lord Rama, the seventh
incarnation of lord Vishnu. Ayodhya during ancient times was known as
Kosaldesa. The Atharvaveda describes it as "a city built by gods and being
as prosperous as paradise itself". The illustrious Ikshvaku of the solar
clan (suryavamsa) was the ruling dynasty of this region. Ayodhya is
pre-eminently a city of temples yet, all the places of worship here are not
only of Hindu religion. At Ayodhya several religions have grown and prospered
simultaneously and also at different periods of time in the past. Remnants of
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam can still be found in Ayodhya. According
to Jain belief, five tirthankaras were born at Ayodhya, including Adinath
(Rishabhadeva), the 1st tirthankar. Night stay in Hotel in Ayodhya.
Summary :
1. Lord Rama birth place
2. Saryu River bathing
Day
6:- Ayodhya- Allahabad (200KM - 4 hrs)
After breakfast , we drive to Allahabad. Check-in to Hotel have
lunch and then proceed to see theSangam (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 with the shorn hair of pilgrims who come to offer pind for their
deceased parents. Covers the other spot in Allahabad 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. Night stay at Allahabad.
Note : Have option to come back to Varanasi by boat (Sailing
tour) << click here for more detail >>
Summary :
1. Sangan bath
2.Hanuman Temple
3.Anand Bhavan, Swaraj Bhavan
Day
7:- Allahabad – drop to Allahabad/Varanasi
After breakfast, have leisure time to enjoy the nature in Allahabad.
Latter drop to Railway station/Airport at Allahabad/Varanasi (which ever suits
you).