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14-30 December 2007
Trail of the Buddha - Pilgrimage to the Land of the Buddha

LUMBINI - site where Prince Siddhata was borned

BODHGAYA - site where Gotama gained full enlightenement

Buddha-rupa @ the main shrine hall of the Maha-Bodhi Temple

SARNATH - site Lord Buddha turned the wheel of deathless

KUSHINAGAR - site where the Buddha attained final emancipation

Nibbana Buddha-rupa @ the Mahaparinirvana Temple in Kusinara

Itinerary
(14-30 December 2007)

D1 (14-Dec, Fri) SIN (2310) - DEL (0255)

D2 (15-Dec, Sat) Delhi - Sankassa

D3 (16-Dec, Sun) Sankassa - Sravasti (mid night arrival)

D4 (17-Dec, Mon) Sravasti

D5 (18-Dec, Tue) Sravasti

D6 (19-Dec, Wed) Sravasti - Lumbini

D7 (20-Dec, Thu) Lumbini

D8 (21-Dec, Fri) Lumbini - Kushinagar

D9 (22-Dec, Sat) Kushinagar

D10 (23-Dec, Sun) Kushinagar - Vaishali - Patna

D11 (24-Dec, Mon) Patna - Nalanda - Rajgir

D12 (25-Dec, Tue) Rajgir - Bodhgaya

D13 (26-Dec, Wed) Bodhgaya

D14 (27-Dec, Thu) Bodhgaya

D15 (28-Dec, Fri) Bodhgaya - Varanasi - Sarnath

D16 (29-Dec, Sat) Varanasi (1440) - Delhi (1600)

D17 (30-Dec, Sun) DEL (0810) - SIN (1620)

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Pictorial Diary of the Trip