Day 01 :
Varanasi Arrival - Evening Ganga Arti at Dashashwamedh Ghat
Pickup from Airport/Railway station in Varanasi and check-in to the hotel. In evening, get ready to experience one of the most memorable moments of your life, as you will be taken to River Ganges to enjoy Ganga Aarti Ceremony at Dashashwamedh Ghat . Get a glimpse of the spiritualism at the Ganga Ghats (river front). Night stay at hotel in Varanasi.
Time for Evening Ganga Arti at Dashashwamedh Ghat -
- Summer – 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (approx.)
- Winter – 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (approx.)
Day 02 :
Varanasi –Morning Boat Ride -Temple Tour + Sarnath –Bodhgaya (300 Kms 6 Hrs)
Early morning, we will be taken for a boat ride on the Ganges. Enjoy Subah-e-Banaras in Varanasi . It is a mystical and spiritual experience to watch Sun God along River Ganges. See Ghats of Varanasi like Manikarnika Ghat (Largest Cremation Ground of World) , Dashashwamedh Ghat , Assi Ghat and more during Boat Ride .
Later, visit the most famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple and other Temples of Varanasi . Cover Annapurna Temple , Bharat Mata Temple , Sankat Mochan (Hanuman Temple) , Manas Mandir and BHU . Come back to hotel for breakfast
After breakfast, we will have an excursion to Sarnath . Sarnath is the place where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon at Deer Park (Rishipattana). The Tourist Attractions at Sarnath are the Buddha Temples, Dhamekha Stupa , Chaukhandi Stupa and the Archaeological Museum .
Later, drive to Bodhgaya . Check in to hotel. Have dinner and overnight stay in Bodhgaya.
Day 05 :
Allahabad - Chitrakoot (150 KM 3 Hrs) – Ram Ghat & Hanuman Dhara - Allahabad (150 KM 3Hrs)
After breakfast we drive to Chitrakoot and have a local sightseeing of Chitrakoot city.
Ram Ghat is a long stretch of steps made on the bank of Mandakini River.
Hanuman Dhara is a great shrine dedicated to Lord Hanuman, in one of the wooded hills of Chitrakoot.
Kamadgiri, a forested mountain, is of prime religious importance in Chitrakoot District. As per legends, Lord Brahma performed havan here, with 108 fire pits, before creating the universe
Gupt Godavari is a cavern located at a distance of 19 km south of Ram Ghat. As per the legend, the Godavari River emerging as a perennial stream from the rocks deep inside this cave, flows down to another cave below and then disappears.
Drive back to Allahabad. Check in to hotel. Overnight stay at hotel in Allahabad.
Day 06 :
Allahabad - Ayodhya (200 KM, 4 Hrs) - Rama Janam Bhumi
After breakfast we drive to Ayodhya. Later, visit Ayodhya - A very holy city and is an important pilgrimage site. Lord Rama was born here and spent Van Vaas. It is on the banks of the Saryu River, bathing in which is supposed to destroy the sin.
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 Birth Place of Lord Rama , the seventh incarnation of lord Vishnu. Visit Local Sightseeing of Ayodhya like Rama Janam Bhumi , Kanak Bhavan , Sita ki Rasoi , Hanuman Garhi , Tulsi Smarak Bhavan and more. In 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.
Check in to hotel. Have dinner and Overnight stay at hotel in Ayodhya.
Day 07 :
Ayodhya -Naimisharanya (225KM - 5 Hrs) -Lucknow (180 KM, 4 Hrs)
After breakfast, proceed to visit Naimisharanya . Naimisharanya Lord Vishnu Temple is a major pilgrimage center and attracts devotees from all over India. Naimisaranyam Lord Vishnu is considered to be an Aranya Swaroopi, or in other words, the Forest of Naimisaranyam , hallowed earlier on by the discourses on the great epics of India, by Vyasa Muni and Suka Muni - is considered as a manifestation of Vishnu and held in reverence and worship.
The forest is considered to have been the abode of 60000 sages.
Later, drive to Lucknow . Check in to hotel. Night stay at hotel in Lucknow.