There are many unexplored places in Bihar where you can find different religions and their way of living. The duration of the package is 07 nights and 08 days, covering the places such as Patna, Banka, Mandar Hill, Bhagalpur, Munger and Bodhgaya.
Tour Highlights
After arrival at the Patna railway station or the airport, you will be transferred to your pre-booked hotel. Once there, you can check-in and relax for a while. You may also eat something before venturing out for Patna sightseeing. After you are ready, leave the hotel to head towards the PATNA MUSEUM, where you can take a look at historical relics, artefacts and old documents that tell tales of the city’s rich history. Thereafter, visit KUMHARAR, a famous tourist place containing ruins of the ancient Pataliputra. Pataliputra was one of the oldest inhabited cities and the capital of Magadha kingdom, and at Kumharar, you will find several structures dating back to Pataliputra’s initial days. Also visit to BUDDHA SMRITI PARK & RIVERSIDE GOLGHAR GRANARY, SHRIKRISHNA SCIENCE CENTRE & SANJAY GANDHI BIOLOGICAL PARK.
Later visit TAKHAT SRI HARIMANDIR JI, PATNA SAHIB, which is one of the five takhts (PanjTakht) of Sikhism. Also, it is the birthplace of the tenth Guru Sri Guru Gobind Singh.
After sightseeing, head back to your hotel for an overnight stay.
Have your breakfast and then check out from the hotel and then drive to Banka. After reaching Banka check in to hotel, later proceed for Banka sightseeing. Visit ODHNI DAM, PAPHARNI SAROVAR, JYESHTHA GAUR NATH MAHADEV TEMPLE etc. After the end of the tour, return back to the hotel and relax. Overnight stay at Banka
Have your breakfast and then proceed for Mandar Hill for an excursion tour. Mandar Hill, a panoramic landscape of 800 ft high granite hill, is associated with legendry amritmanthana or churning of nectar from the sea. Legend has it that the hill was used by Gods to churn the ocean for procuring nectar. Basuki Nag, a holy snake, offered himself to serve as the rope, and the hill has an impression of the coil on it. Puranas also hold that while Lord Vishnu covering the Universe in three steps as Vamana Avatar put his one step at VISHNUPAD HILL and the other at MANDAR HILL.
After reaching Banka, visit the places of interest. It is a pilgrimage place for both Hinduism and Jainism. After the end of the tour, return back to the hotel and relax. Overnight at Banka
Have your breakfast and then check out from the hotel and then drive to Bhagalpur. One of the oldest cities in Bihar, Bhagalpur is also known as the ‘Silk City’ of India. Bhagalpur is also known for some major Buddhist attractions as well as a large number of religious and historic places. Silk fabrics made in Bhagalpur are being exported to countries like West Asia, Europe, U.S., and Japan. Home furnishings are becoming increasingly famous in the international market.
After reaching Bhagalpur, check in hotel; later visit KUPPAGHAT ASHRAM, NATHNAGAR, one of the most important places for the Jain community, COLGANJ ROCK CUT TEMPLE, VIKRAMSHILA GANGETIC DOLPHIN SANCTUARY and RUINS OF VIKRAMSHILA, one of the three most important Buddhist monasteries in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda and Odantapuri.
Overnight at Bhagalpur hotel
After breakfast and check out from the hotel and drive to Munger. After reaching Munger, check into your accommodation and relax. Then visit the Institute of BIHAR SCHOOL OF YOGA. There you will be practiced Yoga in different styles and mantras are whispered. Later visit MUNGER FORT and MUSEUM, KASTAHARNI GHAT – The place not only has religious significance but also is a wonderful place to spend one’s evenings and is one of the best loved tourist spots for the rich scenic beauty- SITA KUND HOT WATER SPRING, MANPATHAR (SITA CHARAN), and SRI KRISHNA VATIKA.
After the end of the tour, return back to the hotel; overnight at Munger
After breakfast, drive towards the next destination, Bodh Gaya. Bodh Gaya, where Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment and this is one of the four holy sites of Buddhism, THE MAHABODHI TEMPLE COMPLEX at Bodh Gaya is a WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
After checking into a hotel, you will be taken on a sightseeing tour that covers BODHI TREE, MAHA BODHI TEMPLE, BUDDHA STATUE and others. Later visit 80 feet Buddha statue , Metta Buddha Temple , You can also visit Sri Lanka, Thai, Vietnam, and Myanmar MONASTERY.
if you are Buddhist follower you may wish to visit SUJATA MANDIR -The young lady Sujata, daughter of Senani (Head of Uruvela village), had offered Porridge to Siddhartha when he was returning from Dongeswari Caves after 6 long years of meditation and when Siddhartha was still in search for an appropriate place for his meditation of enlightenment, SUJATA STUPA S also visit to Niranjana River. Later Return back to Gaya for an Overnight stay
After early morning breakfast at the hotel, embark on beautiful journey to RAJGIR while having an experience of the countryside area. On the way to Rajgir, stop at GEHLAUR VILLAGE, the home of the legendary ‘MOUNTAIN MAN’
Dashrath Manjhi, man who worked for 22 years and carved a path through a mountain. Visit DASHRATH MANJHI MEMORIAL.
Later visit NALANDA UNIVERSITY RUINS, NALANDA ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HIUEN TSANG MEMORIAL HALL and KUNDALPUR a famous pilgrim centre of Jainism.
Later in Rajgir you will visit the VISHWA SHANTI STUPA, GRIDHHAKUTA also known as THE VULTURE PEAK, also known as the Holy Eagle Peak or Gádhrakúta, was the Buddha’s favorite retreat in Rajagaha (now Rajgir) and the scene for many of his discourses. You will get a chance to visit the HOT SPRING OF RAJGIR CALLED BRAHM KUND, which has high medicinal benefit specially for the patient of skin diseases, BIMBISAR JAIL, The Cyclopean Wall SWARN BHANDAR CAVES , JARASSANDHA KA AKHADA Shankhalipi Inscriptions considered of MAHABHARATA era and GHORA KATORA LAKE.
Stay overnight at the hotel at Rajgir.
Morning at leisure or you have option of visiting at add on cost to RAJGIR Eco Tourism site Rajgir Zoo safari where you can enjoy various safaris and walk o Glass suspended bridge and hanging bridge
Later head towards Patna, enroute you have option of visiting PAVAPURI, JAL MANDIR also known as APAPURI is a scared Jain pilgrimage. Lord Mahavira, the final Tirthankara of Jainism, breathed his last at this place, and was cremated here around 500 B.C. proceed to Patna airport/railway station for onward journey
