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There are a number of sites which are holy to Buddhist in close proximity to Varanasi and these attract large number of tourists all over the globe.
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There are a number of sites which are holy to Buddhist pilgrims such as Bodhgaya, Lumbini etc. These places are in close proximity to Varanasi and attract large number of tourists all over the globe. Bodhgaya is such a religious place where Siddharth attained spiritual enlightenment under a Bodhi tree and became Buddha in 6th century B.C. This place has the same prominence to Buddhist as Jerusalem to the Christians and Mecca to Muslims.
In the morning at 6 am you will be welcomed by our driver and tour guide and you will be driven in a private luxury car towards Bodhgaya for nearly 4 hours. Your expert tour guide will brief you all the way about the roadside flora and fauna, about the local village life and about the Buddhist rituals. You will get to know about the Buddhist sects. As you reach this place you will visit the magnificent Mahabodhi temple and the Mahabodhi tree. This great temple assimilates the architectural features heritage of the bye gone era. After the visit is over you will driven back to Varanasi in the same car.
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