WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS of Buddha takes you to where the Buddha was born, where he attained enlightenment, where he gave his first sermon – it is a journey of discovery. Travel to Bodhgaya, where Siddharta Gautama meditated until he was enlightened by the meaning of life and became a Buddha; Sarnath, where after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha gave his first sermon; Nalanda, the famous Buddhist University attended by students from all over the east between the 5th to the 12th century AD; Kushinagar, turned into a memorial site by devout Buddhist kings of yesteryear, where Tathagata, the reciter of truth, breathed his last breath. Drive to the forests of Lumbini where recent archaeological excavation has revealed ruins of the old Royal Palace where Prince Gautama was born.