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Taj Mahal with Buddist Tours
offered by supplier M16759 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 13
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 50
people
Destination(s):
India
Specialty Categories:
Cultural Journey
Archeology/History
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 1000 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 2000 US Dollar (USD)
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Rajasthan is where all the country's similes and metaphors appear to have come together. Sand dunes, wooded hills and amazing lakes, palaces and rugged forts, men and women in colorful turbans and skirts, bustling towns and quiet villages, camels, elephants and tigers, harsh sunlight and the cool evening breeze - are all there in abundance.
The construction of Taj Mahal was started in A.D. 1632 and completed at the ended in 1648 A.D. For seventeen years, twenty thousand workmen are said to have been employed on it daily, for their accommodation a small town, named after the deceased empress- 'Mumtazabad', now known as Taj Ganj, was built adjacent to it.
The designer of Taj Mahal was Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. The material was brought in from allover India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to transport it to the site. The central dome is 187 ft. high at the center.
Some feel the Taj is best seen on a full moon night, others find it ethereal at dawn while some insist that it is sensuous at sunset.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrive Delhi. Arrive Delhi. Welcome and assistance upon arrival at the airport. Later transfer to hotel.
Day 2: Delhi. Morning free to relax and adjust to the time zone. Afternoon visit one of the Buddhist Culture center.
Day 3: Agra. Proceed for sight-seeing of the city after breakfast. First, proceed to Taj Mahal which is just walking distance from the hotel. Visit Taj Mahal at sunset. Overnight will be at Agra.
Day 4: Agra - Varanasi. Morning transfer to airport for flight to Varanasi. Arrive Varanasi and transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit Sarnath - a place where Buddha first preached his sermon.
Day 5: Varanasi. Early morning sunrise boat cruise over river Ganges. Later depart by private motorcoach /Car to Bodhgaya. Arrive and check in at hotel.
Day 6: Bodhgaya. Full day visit to Bodhgaya a place where Lord Buddha entered a state of mediation under the 'Bodhi' tree (banyan tree) and attained Nirvana (the enlightenment). On the walls of Mahabodhi temple, one can see images of Lord Buddha in different aspects.
Day 7: Bodhgaya - Rajgir. Morning depart by motorcocach /car to Rajgir. Arrive and check in at hotel. Visit Rajgir - a sacred town to all Buddhist where Lord Buddha meditated and preached on the Hill, Karanda Tank where Lord Buddha would bathe, seven hot springs where Lord Buddha for its healing powers. Also visit the ancient Nalanda University founded in the fifth century B.C. Ancient Buddhist texts reveals that Lord Buddha studied here. A Chinese travel Heum Tsang, who spent several years at this University wrote about this great seat of learning. Visit the Archaeological museums.
Day 8: Rajgir - Vaishali - Patna. Morning depart by private motorcoach/car to Patna visiting enroute Vaishali - a place where Lord Buddha visited frequently and during the last visit here told his disciplines that they would see him no more as he was to attain the Mahaparinirvana (the ultimate bliss). Visit the Buddhist stupas. Arrive Patna and check in at hotel.
Day 9: Patna - Kushinagar. Morning depart for Kushinagar by motorcoach/car. Arrive and check in at hotel. Afternoon city tour of Kushinagar where Lord Buddha breathed his last and attained Mahaparinirvana saying decay is inherent in all component things. Visit the Nirvana temple which enshrines a colossal statue of Lord Buddha in a reclining position.
Day 10: Kushinagar - Lumbini - Balrampur. Morning depart for Lumbinin by motorcoach/car on Indo-Nepal border. Lumbini, a tiny village situated on the foothills of Himalayas witnessed the birth of a Prince called Shakyamuni Gautam Siddhartha who later became Lord Buddha the awakened one. Visit the sacred pond, Ashoka Pillar, Mahadevi temple. Later drive to Balrampur. Arrive and check in at hotel.
Day 11: Balrampur - Sahetath - Lucknow. Leave for Lucknow by motorcoach/car via Satehmath famous for Buddhist Stupas. Arrive Lucknow and check in at hotel.
Day 12: Lucknow - Delhi. Transfer to airport for flight to Delhi. Arrive and check in at hotel.
Day 13: Delhi - Onward Journey. Transfer to airport flight to your onward destination.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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