A Trail of Buddhist Monasteries - On Buddha Purnima
A curated a day trip to the various monasteries in the city.
Monday, 12 May, 2025
7am to 3pm
Starting point and time - Mahabodhi Society, 4A, Bankim Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 700073 (College Square next to University Institute Hall) at 7am.
Ending point : Tangra
Kolkata Explorers (a division of Green Step Tourism) brings you a curated full day tour by car to cover six different exclusive Budhhist temples in and around the city. From central Kolkata, to south Kolkata and finishing at east Kolkata. We will provide breakfast and Lunch at our appointed places during this trip.
We intend to cover :
1. Mahabodhi Society (Sri Lanka connections)
2. Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha (Chiitagong connections)
3. Myanmar Buddhist Monastery (Burmese)
4. Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple (Japanese)
5. Hsuan Tsang Monastery (Chinese, Chowbagha))
6. Calcutta Karma Gon Buddhist Monastery (under Rumtek Monastery of Sikkim)
Your team leader for the tour will be Avijit Dhar Chowdhury.
TRANSPORT:
AC Car will be used. We will start from Peerless Hospital on Bypass at 6:15am. The Car will take the route of Bypass to Maa Flyover to Park Circus seven point to Moulali to Creek Row to Nirmal Chunder street to College Square.
Returning time will be from Tangra to EM Bypass and then straight to Peerless Hospital stop. Pick up and drop will be on this route if you want. No requests for deviations can be accepted.
TOUR INCLUSIONS:
1. Breakfast at Putiram (or somewhere else if the itinerary changes)
2. AC Car
3. Non veg Lunch at a Tangra restaurant ( Fixed Menu as decided by us)
4. Packaged Drinking Water (1 litre bottle per head)
5. Tea on the way
KINDLY BE INFORMED:
1. We are not responsible for any car mechanical problems or malfunctioning of AC in cars although due care will be taken to ensure that no such untoward incident happens.
2. We are not responsible for the changes in temple opening and closure times.
3. If at any temple we find a long queue which needs time, then we might skip viewing in that Monastery
CHARGES ALL INCLUSIVE RS 2850/- per head. NO REFUNDS ON CANCELLATIONS MADE WITHIN 0 TO 30 Days OF THE EVENT.
PAYMENT CAN BE MADE TO:
1. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK, KOLEY MARKET BRANCH, KOL 700012
ACCOUNT NAME: GREEN STEP EVENT MANAGEMENT
CURRENT ACCOUNT NO. 0075050027681
IFSC: PUNB0007520
OR
2. GPAY/PAYTM TO 9874062962 (Avijit Dhar Chowdhury)
For any further queries please contact us at WhatsApp 9874062962.
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