Buddha-tours.com launches its new section called "Footsteps of Buddha"

Online, April 24, 2010 (Newswire.com) - This tour is a wonderful opportunity to explore the Indian places of Buddhist importance. With a total duration of 11 days and 10 nights, the tour will begin from the National Capital of India, New Delhi. Two days will be spent in sight seeing Delhi. After this, you will be taken to Varanasi via Agra. Once you reach Varanasi, you will be taken for a refreshing visit to Sarnath, the place where Lord Buddha is known to have preached his first Sermon. Subsequently, you will visit amazing places at Varanasi like Ghats, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Gyanvyapi Mosque, Durga Temple, Banaras Hindu University, Ram Nagar, Fort and the Museum.
Another famous Buddhist destination covered in the tour includes Bodhgaya, the place of 'Niravana', the divine enlightenment. It was here that Gautama attained enlightenment and became Buddha under the "Bodhi" tree Satabodhi Temple. The tour also takes you to Rajgir, Nalanda, Patna, Vaishali, Kushinagar, Lumbini, Saravasti, and Sahet & Mahet.
It is believed that "Sometime during the sixth century BC a solitary, wandering ascetic sat to meditate beneath a shady tree, resolving not to rise until he had attained the ultimate knowledge of spiritual enlightenment. Thus began Buddhism, one of the world's great religions and pilgrimage traditions." Now, you can too follow the footsteps of Buddha by undertaking the tour package called "Footsteps of Buddha"
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