Varanasi to Bodh Gaya Buddhist Site Same Day Tour
- 16 hours
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
- Private tour
Highlights
A one day tour to Bodh Gaya offers you to experience the city of enlightenment of Siddharth Gautam, Lord Buddha. It is the place where Lord Budha attained enlightenment after leaving his palace from Lumbini where he visited, sat and meditated to attain Gyan known as enlightenment. Bodh Gaya is a small place like a village where there is an UNESCO site MahaBodhi Temple with the Bodhi tree inside the temple. There are some other temples to explore such as Great Buddha Statue, Indosan Nippon Japanese Temple, Sujata Stupa , Metta Buddharam Temple etc.
Inclusions
What's included
- All Fees and Taxes
What's not
- Lunch
Itinerary
The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., and the present temple dates from the 5th or 6th centuries. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick, still standing in India, from the late Gupta period.
The Great Buddha statue is one of the popular stops on the Buddhist pilgrimage and tourist routes in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. The statue is 18.5 m high representing the Buddha seated in a meditation pose
Built in the year 1972 with the help of international Buddhist communities, Indosan Nippon Japanese Temple is beautifully carved out of wood and looks very much like a Japanese shrine. It is a fine example of both Japanese architecture and Buddhist culture. Lying at a distance of about 15 km from the city centre,
Sujatha Temple is dedicated to a humble tribal woman named Sujatha, who offered pudding to Gautam Buddha. The temple is considered to be religiously important as the offering is believed to have saved Lord Buddha's life. According to legend, it is said that kheer was the first meal Gautam Buddha had consumed after years of starvation ever since he renounced the materialistic life including food to attain enlightenment. Later Gautama Buddha realized that one cannot attain enlightenment by Immoderation, after that he continued his journey and reached Bodh Gaya where he finally attained enlightenment. So, a small temple is built here to remark that historical incident.
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Monu Tours
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Total duration of 16 Hours tour includes a car ride for 12 hours, 6 hours each way so please bear this in your mind and the rest 4 hours includes the tour along with some tea break
How it compares in Varanasi
- Its from-price is 415% above the median of the 68 day trips we list in Varanasi.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 30 of 68.
About Varanasi
Varanasi, on the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, is one of the oldest living cities in the world, a sacred place of river steps, temples and silk looms.
Varanasi, also called Benares or Kashi, has been a place of pilgrimage for thousands of years, and Hindus come to bathe in the Ganges, to pray, and to die. Along the west bank, about eighty ghats, broad stone stairways, descend to the water, among them Dashashwamedh Ghat, where lamps and chanting mark the evening aarti ceremony. The Kashi Vishwanath Temple, dedicated to Shiva, stands in the old city's maze of narrow lanes.
Top-ranked sights in Varanasi: Manikarnika Ghat, Dashashwamedh Ghat, Ganges River (Ganga).
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