Arrive at Varanasi Airport, receive a Sahasra welcome and transfer to the hotel. Subject to flight time, join an opening pilgrimage orientation and evening blessings.

Meals: Dinner, subject to arrival time   |   Overnight: Varanasi

Visit Sarnath, the place of the Buddha’s First Sermon. Worship at Dhamek Stupa, explore the monastic ruins and Mulagandhakuti Vihara, visit Chaukhandi Stupa and, subject to opening, the Archaeological Museum. Chant the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Varanasi

Leave Varanasi after breakfast and travel to Bodhgaya. After check-in, enjoy an introductory visit to the Mahabodhi Temple Complex for evening worship and chanting beneath the Bodhi Tree.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Bodhgaya

Enter the Mahabodhi Temple Complex, worship at the Vajrasana and meditate beneath the Bodhi Tree. Explore Animesh Lochana, Ratnachankrama, Ratnaghara, Muchalinda Lake and other sacred locations connected with the weeks after Enlightenment.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Bodhgaya

Explore Rajgir, including Vulture’s Peak—Griddhakuta—and Venuvana. Subject to access, include selected related sites before continuing to Nalanda’s ancient monastic university and then travelling to Bodhgaya.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Bodhgaya

Enjoy an unhurried spiritual day in Bodhgaya. Optional arrangements may include almsgiving, robe offerings, monastery visits, guided meditation, a Dhamma discussion or extended personal worship beneath the Bodhi Tree, subject to permission.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Bodhgaya

Travel through Vaishali, visiting the Ashokan Pillar, Ananda Stupa, Kutagarasala Vihara and selected archaeological remains. Continue to Patna after worship and reflection at this important place of the Buddha’s final journey.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Patna

Complete border formalities and continue to Kushinagar, the sacred place of the Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana. Subject to arrival time, join evening chanting at a selected shrine or monastery.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Kushinagar

Begin with worship at the Mahaparinirvana Temple, Nirvana Stupa and Ramabhar Stupa in Kushinagar. Continue through the India–Nepal border to Lumbini after completing the confirmed immigration formalities.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Lumbini

Worship at Maya Devi Temple and the Sacred Garden, visiting the Marker Stone, Nativity Sculpture, Ashokan Pillar and Puskarini Sacred Pond. Continue to the Eternal Peace Flame and selected international monasteries, with dedicated chanting and meditation time.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Lumbini

Travel to Sravasti and enter the peaceful Jetavana Monastery area, associated with the 24 rainy seasons spent here by the Buddha. Begin with worship and an introductory walk among the ancient monastic remains.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner   |   Overnight: Sravasti

Complete morning worship at Jetavana, including Gandhakuti and the Ananda Bodhi Tree, then travel to Lucknow Airport or the confirmed departure point. The programme will be adapted to the onward flight or rail schedule.

Meals: Breakfast and lunch   |   Overnight: —