Buddha’s Pathway

Arrival: Welcome on arrival at Kolkata Airport, where a Magadh tours executive will meet and greet at the airport with a traditional welcome.

Transfer: After meet-and-assist services, you will be transferred to your hotel for check-in.

Overnight: Stay overnight at hotel in Kolkata.

Breakfast: Start the day with Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning Fly To Gaya: Arrive in Bodhgaya, check-in at the hotel.

Bodhgaya is famous as the site where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree.

Proceed to Visit:

Mahabodhi Temple: is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the world.

Bodhi Tree: is a sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) that holds immense spiritual significance for Buddhists worldwide.

Dungeshwari Caves: re a sacred group of caves nestled in a rocky hill, where Prince Siddhartha (the Buddha) spent nearly six years in severe penance and meditation before attaining enlightenment.

Sujata village: Associated with a Woman Sujata, who offered milk-rice (sweet rice pudding) to Lord Buddha before getting enlightenment.

Niranjana River: Bodhgaya is situated on the bank of river Niranajana – it is considered to be Holy symbol of Buddhism connected with the life of Lord Buddha.

Various international monasteries: The monasteries of different countries E.G. Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, etc. including 80 ft. Buddha statue.

Overnight: Stay overnight at hotel in Bodhgaya.

Breakfast: Start the day with Breakfast at the hotel.

Early morning excursion: Proceed to Visit Rajgir: 

Gridhkutta Hill: Known as Vulture’s Peak because its shape resembles a vulture’s beak. Buddha spent a lot of time meditating and teaching here. 

Venuvana Monastery: the first monastery gifted to Gautama Buddha by King Bimbisara of Magadha.

Proceed to Nalanda (30 minutes), home to the ancient Nalanda University, a great center of learning in ancient India.

Nalanda University ruins: One of the world’s oldest universities and a center of learning for Mahayana Buddhism.

Nalanda Archaeological Museum: the ancient International Monastic University established in 5th century BC, which taught Vedas, Logic, Grammar, Medicine, Meta-Physics, Prose Composition and Rhetoric.

Back to Bodhgaya: Return to Bodhgaya in the evening.

Overnight: Stay overnight at Hotel in Bodhgaya.

Breakfast: Start the day with Breakfast at the hotel. 

Day free for leisure or meditation.

Transfer: Timely transfer to Bodhgaya airport for your return journey to Kolkata.

Arrive in Kolkata: Timely transfer to airport to catch the flight for onward destination.