Shravasti Tour Packages

Known as Savatthi in the ancient times when it was capital of Kosala Mahajanapada, Sravasti is an important Buddhist and Jain Pilgrimage. As the legend goes, it is believed that Lord Buddha spent his 24 monsoons in Sravasti where he turned King Koshal into a believer by showing him the miracle of enlightenment on lotus of 1000 petals. The ancient town of Shravasti now in ruins, was one of the biggest towns in India, in its prime.

The city of Shravasti lay in the fertile Gangetic plains and was inhabited by as much as fifty four thousands families. It was from Shravasti that Buddha started on his missionary work to the different parts of the world. Shravasti tour packages Uttar Pradesh are equally popular among Buddhist and Jain pilgrims, as it is among secular tourists who have an interest in ancient history and civilizations.Shravasti Tour Packages In India gives you the rare treat of walking along ruins, to get saturated with the aroma of history with all those remains of a city lying all around you.

To think that the old brick plinths and foundations once formed the base for many an important religious or social buildings; to think that thousands of people once thronged these streets to have a glimpse of the luminous Lord Buddha, is sure to give you gooseflesh.

Tour Packages To Shravasti In Uttar Pradesh are often part of a tour of the Buddhist pilgrimage circuit that includes Nalanda, Rajgir, Bodhgaya, etc. On Shravasti Tour Packages In Uttar Pradesh In India you visit the remnanats of the Jetvana Monastery constructed by the follower of Buddha- Sudatta on land bought from King Jetavan.

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