Rajgir Day Hiking From Patna

About the activity:

• Gridhakuta is a hill positioned at Rajgir, Bihar wherein Lord Buddha achieved many dialogues together along with his disciples after he carried out enlightenment. It is the area wherein Lord Buddha commenced his second helm of commandment and preached many inspiring teachings and sermons to his disciples. Gridhakuta hill is likewise called VultureΓÇÖs Peak. It become at Gridhakuta hill that Lord Buddha gave his large sutras the Lotus Sutra and the Prajnaparamita. He spent three months for the duration of the wet season in retreat on the Gridhakuta hill, meditating and sermonising a number of his maximum critical discourses. The Buddha Sangha of Japan has raised a massive Shanti Stupa (Peace Pagoda), on the summit of the Gridhakuta hill in honor of Lord Buddha. This stupa is the central point of Rajgir, enclosing stunning statues of Buddha outdoor and within. While descending embark on an interesting aerial chairlift (cable car) the journey takes 7. 5 minutes and the view is splendid over the hills of Rajgir.