Leave Delhi/Calcutta for Patna by airways. Drive to Bodhgaya that is located at a distance of 125 kms and take 3 hours. Bodhgaya is the place Buddha accomplished enlightenment. On the way to visit Nalanda and Rajgir. Nalanda that is famous for Buddhist learning centre and a famed fortress of ancient times. Rajgir, on the other side was the powerful kingdom of Maghada. In the vicinity of Rajgir, there is a road which leads to vulture’s peak or Gridha-Kuta, at this place Mahatma Buddha delivered sermon. Also, after the Lord’s Mahaparinirvana, first Buddhist council was held at the same place.
