Varanasi- Bodhgaya Allahabad Ayodhya Tour

ITINERARY
Day 01:-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.

Day 02 :Varanasi – Morning Boat Ride – Sarnath (15 KM 0.5 hr) - 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.

Day 03 :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 and Overnight stay at Hotel in Bodhgaya.

Day 04 :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.

Day 05 :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.

Day 06 :Ayodhya- Allahabad (200KM - 4 hrs)

After breakfast , we drive to Allahabad. Check-in to Hotel have lunch and then proceed to see the 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. 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.

Day 07 :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).