Sravasti
General Information
District: Balrampur, State: Uttar Pradesh, India
Area: 0
Languages Spoken: Hindi and local dialect
Long Distance Code: +91-5263
Importance: An important pilgrimage site for the budhists
Best Time to Visit: October to March
Description
After leaving the house, Prince Siddhartha traveled a lot and tried to find the ultimate truth. He attained enlightenment at Bodhgaya in Bihar near the old kingdom of Magadh. After attaining enlightenment the first sermon he preached was in Saranath near Lucknow. But Lord Buddha spent most of his time in Sravasti. <br />Sravasti was founded by a King called Sravast and named it after him. <br />Sravasti was under the rule of Koshal dynasty when Buddha came and stayed here. He received a great patronage from the Kings of the Koshal dynasty who not only patronized the philosophy but also helped spreading the Buddhist doctrine all over the world. <br />It was in Sravasti that Buddha multifold himself thousand times, to silence his critics, thus giving the story of miracle of Sravasti, which manifested in most of the Buddhist paintings and sculptures. Buddha is supposed to have stayed here for 24 monsoon seasons. Probably the longest period he stayed anywhere in his entire life. The small villages of Sahet and Mahet nearby house many Stupas and temples proving the association of Buddha with the place. Sravasti has the famous Anandbodhi tree which is believed to be the offshoot of the tree that was planted by the favourite disciple of Buddha, Anand. <br />Sravasti carries an equal importance for the Jain followers as well as it is supposed to be the birth place of Tirthankar Sambhavnath. The Shobhnath temple is a revered site for the Jains. <br />Sahet is the site of the Jetvana monastery, the monastery donated to Gautam Buddha by a wealthy merchant. There are many Stupas and temples in the area. The Stupas and monasteries mainly belong to the Koshal dynasty and the temples belong to the Gupta dynasty.
The Buddha passed the greater part of his monastic life in Shravasti. His first visit to Shravasti was at the invitation of Anathapindika, whom he met in Rajagaha. The main monasteries in Shravasti were the Jetavana and the Pubbarama. Shravasti also contained the monastery of Rajakarama, built by Pasenadi, opposite Jetavana. Not far from the city was a dark forest called the Andhavana, where some monks and nuns went to live. Outside the city gate of Shravasti was a fisherman's village of five hundred families
Timings: Sunrise to Sunset
Remarks: INR 200 entrance fees for foreigners
Timings: Sunrise to Sunset
Remarks: INR 200 entrance fees for foreigners
The Land of Lord Buddha / PI-056 (9 Days / 8 Nights)
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Come and attain Nirvana - liberation from the sufferings of life, through the Buddhist trail of Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Nalanda and Vaishali.... in the land of its origin.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi - Lucknow - Sravasti
Day 3 : Sravasti-Kushinagar
Day 4 : Kushinagar - Vaishali - Patna
Day 5 : Patna-Nalanda-Rajgir-Bodhgaya
Day 6 : Bodhgaya
Day 7 : Bodhgaya-Varanasi
Day 8 : Varanasi - Delhi
Day 9 : Delhi
Delhi-Lucknow-Sravasti-Kushinagar-Vaishali-Patna-Nalanda-Rajgir-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Delhi
Come and attain Nirvana - liberation from the sufferings of life, through the Buddhist trail of Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Nalanda and Vaishali.... in the land of its origin.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi - Lucknow - Sravasti
Day 3 : Sravasti-Kushinagar
Day 4 : Kushinagar - Vaishali - Patna
Day 5 : Patna-Nalanda-Rajgir-Bodhgaya
Day 6 : Bodhgaya
Day 7 : Bodhgaya-Varanasi
Day 8 : Varanasi - Delhi
Day 9 : Delhi
BUUDHA S FOOTSTEPS WITH SONEPUR MELA / PC-599 (13 Days / 12 Nights)
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Sonepur Mela starts in November and lasts for next 15 days to one month every year. It draws more than 600,000 visitors to the Sonepur. One of the major attractions of the fair is the sight of scores of elephants that are beautifully decorated and lined up for sale. This is the only place in India or probably in the world where largest number of elephants are traded at one place. The buyers are mainly government forest department officials. You may even find the trading of large number of horses, goats, buffaloes, donkeys, ponies and dogs etc. along with elephants and other household cattle. In his very first sermon Lord Buddha put forth the Middle Way, the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path - the message spread rapidly, penetrating caste and class barriers; today Buddhism is a way of life in large parts of the world, its message of peace and tolerance speaks to us all. Buddha preached that the way to salvation is not dependent on God but on understanding the way things really are for all living beings subject to desire. We take you on a journey to places associated with important events in Buddha's life. Prince Siddhartha was born at Lumbini, became Buddha, the Enlightened One, at Bodhgaya, gave his first sermon at Sarnath, lived the greater part of his monastic life in Sravasti, and attained Nirvana at Kushinagar.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi
Day 3 : Delhi-Lucknow-Sravasti
Day 4 : Sravasti-Lumbini
Day 5 : Lumbini-Kushinagar
Day 6 : Kushinagar-Varanasi-Patna
Day 7 : Patna-Sonepur-Patna
Day 8 : Patna-Sonepur-Patna
Day 9 : Patna-Nalanda-Rajgir-Bodhgaya
Day 10 : Bodhgaya
Day 11 : Bodhgaya-Varanasi
Day 12 : Varanasi-Delhi
Day 13 : Delhi
Delhi-Lucknow-Sravasti-Lumbini-Kushinagar-Varanasi-Patna-Sonepur-Patna-Sonepur-Patna-Nalanda-Rajgir-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Delhi
Sonepur Mela starts in November and lasts for next 15 days to one month every year. It draws more than 600,000 visitors to the Sonepur. One of the major attractions of the fair is the sight of scores of elephants that are beautifully decorated and lined up for sale. This is the only place in India or probably in the world where largest number of elephants are traded at one place. The buyers are mainly government forest department officials. You may even find the trading of large number of horses, goats, buffaloes, donkeys, ponies and dogs etc. along with elephants and other household cattle. In his very first sermon Lord Buddha put forth the Middle Way, the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path - the message spread rapidly, penetrating caste and class barriers; today Buddhism is a way of life in large parts of the world, its message of peace and tolerance speaks to us all. Buddha preached that the way to salvation is not dependent on God but on understanding the way things really are for all living beings subject to desire. We take you on a journey to places associated with important events in Buddha's life. Prince Siddhartha was born at Lumbini, became Buddha, the Enlightened One, at Bodhgaya, gave his first sermon at Sarnath, lived the greater part of his monastic life in Sravasti, and attained Nirvana at Kushinagar.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi
Day 3 : Delhi-Lucknow-Sravasti
Day 4 : Sravasti-Lumbini
Day 5 : Lumbini-Kushinagar
Day 6 : Kushinagar-Varanasi-Patna
Day 7 : Patna-Sonepur-Patna
Day 8 : Patna-Sonepur-Patna
Day 9 : Patna-Nalanda-Rajgir-Bodhgaya
Day 10 : Bodhgaya
Day 11 : Bodhgaya-Varanasi
Day 12 : Varanasi-Delhi
Day 13 : Delhi
In Search of Buddha in India / PI-0120 (12 Days / 11 Nights)
Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Sravasti-Lumbini-Kushinagar-Patna-Rajgir-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Delhi
Walk along the steps of Lord Buddha as you traverse through his steps when he left the luxuries of life in search of the eternal truth. This trip takes you along on an enchanting journey that goes across all the main Buddhist destinations including Sravasti, Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Rajgir and the spiritual pilgrimage city of Varanasi.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi-Agra
Day 3 : Agra-Lucknow
Day 4 : Lucknow-Sravasti
Day 5 : Sravasti - Lumbini
Day 6 : Lumbini - Kushinagar
Day 7 : Kushinagar - Patna
Day 8 : Patna-Rajgir-Bodhgaya
Day 9 : Bodhgaya
Day 10 : Bodhgaya-Varanasi
Day 11 : Varanasi - Delhi
Day 12 : Delhi
Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Sravasti-Lumbini-Kushinagar-Patna-Rajgir-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Delhi
Walk along the steps of Lord Buddha as you traverse through his steps when he left the luxuries of life in search of the eternal truth. This trip takes you along on an enchanting journey that goes across all the main Buddhist destinations including Sravasti, Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Rajgir and the spiritual pilgrimage city of Varanasi.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi-Agra
Day 3 : Agra-Lucknow
Day 4 : Lucknow-Sravasti
Day 5 : Sravasti - Lumbini
Day 6 : Lumbini - Kushinagar
Day 7 : Kushinagar - Patna
Day 8 : Patna-Rajgir-Bodhgaya
Day 9 : Bodhgaya
Day 10 : Bodhgaya-Varanasi
Day 11 : Varanasi - Delhi
Day 12 : Delhi
The Land of Buddha / PI-0189 (11 Days / 10 Nights)
Delhi-Varanasi-Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Nalanda-Patna-Kushinagar-Lumbini-Sravasti-Lucknow-Delhi
One of the fastest spread religions of the world is Buddhism. May be because of its theory to overcome the sorrow of life. The preacher of this theory was born at the small village on the borders of Nepal and India and went on to attain enlightenment under the Bodhi tree in another small hamlet in India, known as the Gaya, which was later known to be Bodhgaya. This tour takes you from the birth place of the Lord to the place wher he breathed his last.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi
Day 3 : Delhi-Varanasi
Day 4 : Varanasi - Bodhgaya
Day 5 : Bodhgaya
Day 6 : Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Nalanda-Patna
Day 7 : Patna-Kushinagar
Day 8 : Kushinagar-Lumbini
Day 9 : Lumbini-Sravasti
Day 10 : Sravasti-Lucknow-Delhi
Day 11 : Delhi
Delhi-Varanasi-Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Nalanda-Patna-Kushinagar-Lumbini-Sravasti-Lucknow-Delhi
One of the fastest spread religions of the world is Buddhism. May be because of its theory to overcome the sorrow of life. The preacher of this theory was born at the small village on the borders of Nepal and India and went on to attain enlightenment under the Bodhi tree in another small hamlet in India, known as the Gaya, which was later known to be Bodhgaya. This tour takes you from the birth place of the Lord to the place wher he breathed his last.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi
Day 3 : Delhi-Varanasi
Day 4 : Varanasi - Bodhgaya
Day 5 : Bodhgaya
Day 6 : Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Nalanda-Patna
Day 7 : Patna-Kushinagar
Day 8 : Kushinagar-Lumbini
Day 9 : Lumbini-Sravasti
Day 10 : Sravasti-Lucknow-Delhi
Day 11 : Delhi
Buddhist Tour with Nepal / PI-0332 (14 Days / 13 Nights)
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With beautiful Buddhist monasteries and stupas forming an inseparable part of India and Nepal’s art and culture, Buddhist pilgrimage spots can be found all over both the countries. Attracting a large number of devotees every year, these places are some of the most revered spots in the Buddhist circuit. The tour takes you across some of the most famous ones among these centers including the ruins of Lumbini, the revered place of Bodhgaya as well as Sravasti that has been witness to the miracles of Lord Buddha.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi - Lucknow
Day 3 : Lucknow - Sravasti
Day 4 : Sravasti - Lumbini
Day 5 : Lumbini - Kushinagar
Day 6 : Kushinagar - Patna
Day 7 : Patna - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
Day 8 : Bodhgaya
Day 9 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Day 10 : Varanasi
Day 11 : Varanasi - Kathmandu
Day 12 : Kathmandu
Day 13 : Kathmandu
Day 14 : Kathmandu - Delhi
Delhi-Lucknow-Sravasti-Lumbini-Kushinagar-Patna-Rajgir-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Kathmandu-Delhi
With beautiful Buddhist monasteries and stupas forming an inseparable part of India and Nepal’s art and culture, Buddhist pilgrimage spots can be found all over both the countries. Attracting a large number of devotees every year, these places are some of the most revered spots in the Buddhist circuit. The tour takes you across some of the most famous ones among these centers including the ruins of Lumbini, the revered place of Bodhgaya as well as Sravasti that has been witness to the miracles of Lord Buddha.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi - Lucknow
Day 3 : Lucknow - Sravasti
Day 4 : Sravasti - Lumbini
Day 5 : Lumbini - Kushinagar
Day 6 : Kushinagar - Patna
Day 7 : Patna - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
Day 8 : Bodhgaya
Day 9 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Day 10 : Varanasi
Day 11 : Varanasi - Kathmandu
Day 12 : Kathmandu
Day 13 : Kathmandu
Day 14 : Kathmandu - Delhi
Footsteps of Lord Buddha / PI-0341 (13 Days / 12 Nights)
Delhi-Patna-Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Kushinagar-Lumbini-Sravasti-Lucknow-Sankassia-Agra-Delhi
This amazing Buddhist pilgrimage tour makes you follow the footsteps of Lord Buddha involving several sites that act as important landmarks in Buddhism history. Some highlights of our tour include Bodhi Tree in Bodhigaya where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, Nalanda, believed to be the oldest university of the world and Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha located in the foothills of the majestic Himalayas.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi
Day 3 : Delhi - Patna - Bodhgaya
Day 4 : Bodhgaya
Day 5 : Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
Day 6 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Day 7 : Varanasi - Kushinagar
Day 8 : Kushinagar - Lumbini
Day 9 : Lumbini - Sravasti
Day 10 : Sravasti - Lucknow
Day 11 : Lucknow - Sankassia - Agra
Day 12 : Agra
Day 13 : Delhi
Delhi-Patna-Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Kushinagar-Lumbini-Sravasti-Lucknow-Sankassia-Agra-Delhi
This amazing Buddhist pilgrimage tour makes you follow the footsteps of Lord Buddha involving several sites that act as important landmarks in Buddhism history. Some highlights of our tour include Bodhi Tree in Bodhigaya where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, Nalanda, believed to be the oldest university of the world and Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha located in the foothills of the majestic Himalayas.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 : Delhi
Day 2 : Delhi
Day 3 : Delhi - Patna - Bodhgaya
Day 4 : Bodhgaya
Day 5 : Bodhgaya - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
Day 6 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Day 7 : Varanasi - Kushinagar
Day 8 : Kushinagar - Lumbini
Day 9 : Lumbini - Sravasti
Day 10 : Sravasti - Lucknow
Day 11 : Lucknow - Sankassia - Agra
Day 12 : Agra
Day 13 : Delhi
Sravasti, India Tours
