Book a Trip on the Buddhist Tour Package
Upon arrival at Bhubaneswar Airport/Railway Station, transfer to Puri & en-route visit to Pipplli (Applique work village), then check in to the hotel. After a fresh visit to the 12th century world-famous Jagannath Temple (one of the four dams, Only Hindus are allowed inside the premises of Jagannath temple), leisure time at Golden Beach and then back to the hotel & overnight stay at Puri.
After breakfast, drive to Konark. En route, visit Chandrabhaga beach (the cultural and traditional identity of Orissa, which is famous for its long stretch of golden sand bordered with casuarinas), then drive to Kuruma, which is located 10 km south-east of the famous Sun temple in Konark, is the ancient lesser known Buddhist site of Kuruma. It is said that a Buddhist monastery flourished in the area, remnants of which were found during excavations by the State Archaeology wing. Hiuen Tsang has mentioned this monastery. The origin of the site is dated to be between the 8th and 9th century AD. At the site currently, there is a small temple that houses three Buddhist images―crowned Buddha seated in Bhumisparsa mudra, Padmapani Avalokitesvara, and Revanta. These three images are jointly worshipped as ‘Yamadharma’ by Kurumavillagers. Historians say the length and width of the monastery are 34 m each and it also houses a shrine chamber, cells for Buddhist monks, and a large courtyard, which is in the shape of ‘Swastik,’ denoting tantric Buddhism (Vajrayana or Tantrayana) then back to Konark and visits to the Sun temple(The temple was built by King Narasimhadeo in the 13th century, it is counted among the seven wonders of India, famous for world heritage site & also known as “Black Pagoda”) & Enjoys the Beautiful Light & Sound Show(Closed on Monday), then drive back to Puri Hotel & overnight stay at Puri.
After breakfast check out from the hotel, then transfer to Gopalpur. After reaching Gopalpur Check in to the hotel and relax, after freshening up your free time for Gopalpur Sea Beach & shopping, then back to the Hotel & Overnight stay at Gopalpur.
After breakfast, proceed full day Excursion to the Diamond Triangle of Odisha, i.e., Lalitigiri (The archeological site of a Buddhist Monastery from 4th to 8th Cen AD) with Monastery parts, and many votive Stupa, all different Buddhist sculptors with Chaita hall and a Huge stupa from where caskets of Budhas relic is available. Ratnagiri, the Largest Buddhist monastery we have till now, flourished from the 4th to 14th century AD with most of the sculptors of the Vajrayana sect, hundreds of Votive Stupa & brick Stupa, and a vast monastery. Later, visit Udaygiri, another huge Buddhist monastery that is still under excavation, and go back to Bhubaneswar Hotel for an overnight stay at Bhubaneswar.
After breakfast, beach activity, back to the hotel & refresh, then drive to the Konark route to visit Ramchandi temple and Sun temple(The temple was built by King Narasimhadeo in the 13th century; it is counted among the seven wonders of India; and is famous for world heritage site & also known as “Black Pagoda”), Chandrabhaga beach(cultural and traditional identity of Orissa, which is renowned for its long stretch of golden sand bordered with casuarinas), then back to Puri hotel & overnight stay at Puri.
After breakfast, a full-day visit to Kayam Hill Buddhist cave and Langudi Giri, which is one of the recent excavations with ruins of a Monastery, Stupas, and a lot of Mahayana sculptors. The site is situated in Salipur village in the Jajpur district. There are a series of 34 rock-cut Buddhist stupas and several early medieval Buddhist monuments and shrines atop the hill. The most popular of these rock-cut stupas is the 7th-century 'Samudra Mudra' image of Lord Buddha. Historians say the mountain also has the remains of Pushpagiri University or Puspagiri Mahavihara, a major Buddhist center of learning that flourished from the 2nd century BC to the 10th century AD. The remains indicate that it was a center of the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana sects of Buddhism. Then, drive back to Bhubaneswar Hotel & overnight stay at Bhubaneswar.
After breakfast, check out of the hotel and visit the Ram Temple. Free time for shopping at Ekamra haat and then drop at Bhubaneswar Airport/Railway station for your Hyderabad journey with sweet memories of Odisha.
