Varanasi Tour with AyodhyarnIn this 6N/7D package you come to visit various holy cities in & around Kashi. Starting with arriving in Varanasi - is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend & looks twice as old as all of them put together, said the famous American writer after visiting Varanasi tour in the late 19th century. Varanasi Tour is among the oldest continuously lived in cities in the world. Also known as Benares, Banaras, or Kashi, it is the sacred of all Indian pilgrim cities. Hindus believe Varanasi was estd by Lord Shiva, & archeological finding have revealed that Vedic people lived here in the 11th or 12th century BC. You will also visit Gaya & Bodh Gaya, Gaya finds mention in the great epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Lord Rama along with Sita & Lakshmana visited Gaya for offering PIND-DAAN to their father Dasharath. In Mahabharata, the place has been identified as Gayapuri. Later you will visit Bodhgaya- is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Lord Buddha who got enlightment here. You will also visit Allahabad which is also know as Prayag, where you can take bath in Triveni Sangam. You also visit holy city of Chitrakoot & Ayodhya. Ayodhya, also known as Saket, is an ancient city of India,which is the birthplace of Rama and setting of the epic Ramayana.rnKashi Tour with NemisharanyarnIn this 7N/8D package you come to visit several famous religious cities nearby to Varanasi. Starting with arriving in Kashi - is older than history, Varanasi is among the oldest continuously lived in cities in the world. Also known as Benares, Banaras, or Kashi, it is the sacred of all Indian pilgrim cities. Hindus believe Varanasi was estd by Lord Shiva, & archeological finding have revealed that Vedic people lived here in the 11th or 12th century BC. You will also visit Gaya & Bodh Gaya, Gaya finds mention in the great epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Lord Rama along with Sita & Lakshmana visited Gaya for offering PIND-DAAN to their father Dasharath. In Mahabharata, the place has been identified as Gayapuri. Later you will visit Bodhgaya- is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Lord Buddha who got enlightment here. You will also visit Allahabad which is also know as Prayag, where you can take bath in Triveni Sangam. You also visit holy city of Chitrakoot-is celebrated in ballads & scriptures for its religious importance and close association with the epic Ramayan. It is believed to be the place where Lord Rama and Sita spent 12 yrs of their exile and where the Sage Atri and Sati Anasuiya meditated. Also visit Ayodhya, also known as Saket, is an ancient city of India,which is the birthplace of Rama and setting of the epic Ramayana. later go to Nemisharanya- is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in the north Indian state of Uttar PradeshrnKashi Circuit Tour - 4N/5DrnIn this 4N/5D package you come to visit several holy cities like Kashi, Allahabad, Gaya & Bodh Gaya. Starting with arriving in Varanasi - is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend & looks twice as old as all of them put together, said the famous American writer after visiting Varanasi tour in the late 19th century. Varanasi is among the oldest continuously lived in cities in the world. Also known as Benares, Banaras, or Kashi, it is the sacred of all Indian pilgrim cities. Hindus believe Varanasi was estd by Lord Shiva & archeological finding have revealed that Vedic people lived here in the 11th or 12th century BC. You will also visit Gaya & Bodh Gaya, Gaya finds mention in the great epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Lord Rama along with Sita & Lakshmana visited Gaya for offering PIND-DAAN to their father Dasharath. In Mahabharata, the place has been identified as Gayapuri. Later you will visit Bodhgaya- is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Lord Buddha who got enlightment here. You will also visit Allahabad which is also know as Prayag, where you can take bath in Triveni Sangam. rnVaranasi Tour- 2N/3DrnAlso known as Benares, Banaras, or Kashi, it is the sacred of all Indian pilgrim cities. Hindus believe Varanasi was estd by Lord Shiva, & archeological finding have revealed that Vedic people lived here in the 11th or 12th century BCE. Parshva, the 23rd Jain Tirthankara is also supposed to have lived here around 8th century BC. Gautama Buddha started Buddhism here in 528 BCE, when he gave his first preaching at Sarnath, just 10 km away. In 8th century, Adi Shankara declare Lord Shiva as the official deity of the city. After the decline of the Mauryan Empire, the city went into a spate of destruction and decline after the Muslim invaders took over power in Delhi in 12th century. In the 300 yrs that followed hundreds of temples in & around the city of Varanasi was destroyed. The only consolation was that despite all the suppression of Hinduism, the city continued to be a great cultural centre for religious and education purpose. The Bhakti movement was born in Varanasi, so was Tulsidas, who wrote the Ramcharitramanas here, Kabir and Ravidas. Varanasi, experienced a revival of some sorts in the 16th century under Emperor Akbar who had some of the temples rebuilt, but it was only in the late 18th century when the city came under the influence of the of the Bhumihars & the Marathas that modern Varanasi was built. The first Sanskrit college was founded by the British in 1791 & Annie Besant estd the Central Hindu College here in 1898, which later became part of the famous Benaras Hindu University, set up in 1916. Varanasi is among the most visited tourist (Indian & Foreigner) cities in the country these days. It continues to be an important centre of learning, philosophy, yoga, Ayurveda, astrology, music & literature. Among the more popular tourist places include the various temples & 80-100 or so ghats of various sizes that dot the banks of the Ganga. Visitors also make a quick trip to Sarnath, which is just 10kms away by road, where Gautama Buddha first taught Dharma.