Varanasi Trip Overview
Would you like to travel to the place where Buddhism began, then this guided excursion to Sarnath is the best way to know how this religion was born and explore one of its four holy cities. We picked up all the spilled pieces of Buddhist Remains together and made a beautiful garland of it in our excursion to Sarnath’s Buddhist Trails, an unforgettable cultural and heritage experience with amazing stories to understand the life of a city, its history, how massive religion was born here.
1. Visit Sarnath’s Buddhist Trails, an important Buddhist pilgrim spot where Buddha gave his first sermon after he was enlightened.
2. Capture the beauty of ancient ruins, temples, stupas, monuments and pilgrim spots in your lens.
3. Understand a city’s existence, diverse architectural style, tradition and religious legacy with lots of wonderful stories.
4. We follow a unique style of ‘infotainment’ to ensure that you enjoy the tour and don’t get bored, irrespective of whether you love history or not.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Varanasi, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Would you like to travel to the place where Buddhism began, then this guided excursion to Sarnath is the best way to know how this religion was born and explore one of its four holy cities. We picked up all the spilled pieces of Buddhist Remains together and made a beautiful garland of it in our excursion to Sarnath’s Buddhist Trails, an unforgettable cultural and heritage experience with amazing stories to understand the life of a city, its history, how massive religion was born here.
1. Visit Sarnath’s Buddhist Trails, an important Buddhist pilgrim spot where Buddha gave his first sermon after he was enlightened.
2. Capture the beauty of ancient ruins, temples, stupas, monuments and pilgrim spots in your lens.
3. Understand a city’s existence, diverse architectural style, tradition and religious legacy with lots of wonderful stories.
4. We follow a unique style of ‘infotainment’ to ensure that you enjoy the tour and don’t get bored, irrespective of whether you love history or not.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Sarnath Via-Anlabereni, Varanasi 759026 India
Sarnath; an important Buddhist pilgrim spot, where Buddha made his first sermon after getting enlightenment. In this excursion to Sarnath is the best way to know how this religion was born and explore one of its holy cities.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Archaeological Buddhist Remains of Sarnath, Rishpattan Rd, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007, India
We will visit the Sarnath Museum, which is the oldest site museum of Archaeological Survey of India. It houses the collection of Buddhist remains.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sarnath Buddhist Temple, Saranth Station Rd, Pandeypur, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007, India
Visit the Sarang Nath, dedicated to the god Shiva and whose name also famed as “deer lord”.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dhamek Stupa, Rishipattan Road 13 Km From Varanasi, Varanasi 221007 India
Visit the Dhamek Stupa as it was the exact spot of Buddha’s first sermon and it reveales the eightfold path leading to nirvana.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chaukhandi Stupa, Rishipattan Road, Varanasi 221007 India
Visit the Chaukhandi Stupa – the spot where Buddha was reunited with the panchavargiya bhikshus or his five companions.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Japanese Temple, 92HF+RCC, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007, India
We will also tour the Japanese temple and the Chinese temple , as well as the monastery of Mulagandha Kuti Vihar.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sarnath Museum, Museum, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007, India
Visit the famous museum contains five galleries and two verandahs to display the antiquities ranging from the 3rd century BCE to 12th century AD that have been found at Sarnath.
Duration: 30 minutes
