印度铁路餐饮和旅游公司开通佛教圣地环游专车

据海外媒体2009年7月5日报道，印度铁路餐饮和旅游公司开通一列佛教圣地环游专车，可以带领香客游览印度和尼泊尔所有和佛祖有关的圣地。

这列名为Mahaparinirvan 的快车是一辆全空调列车，将带旅游的香客进行长达八天的环游。列车从新德里出发，途经迦耶、菩提伽耶、 王舍城、那烂陀、瓦拉纳西、鹿野苑、拘尸那迦、兰毗尼、 Srasvati 和阿格拉并回到新德里。

这项环游旅行项目将对印度国人和国外游人开放。但到尼泊尔圣地，印度国民必须携带由政府发放的带有照片的身份证、护照、驾驶证或税卡等，而国外游客则必须持有有效的尼泊尔签证。（编译：子规）

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is introducing a Buddhist Circuit Special Train. It will go to all places associated with Buddha.

The Mahaparinirvan Express will offer a package tour going through Lumbini, where Buddha was born, Bodhgaya, where he attained enlightenment, Sarnath, where he first taught and Kushinagar, where he attained nirvana. The eight-day tour will also take pilgrims to Nepal, which has a rich Buddhist legacy.

The eight-day tour will commence from Delhi and then go to Gaya, Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Varanasi, Sarnath, Kushinagar, Lumbini, Srasvati, Agra and back to Delhi.

"The package tour is open to both Indians and foreigners. The Mahaparinirvan Express is a fully air-conditioned train, which will offer all three AC classes and a first AC Coupe too. Indian nationals must carry a government-issued photo identity card (passport, driving license, PAN card etc.) for the Nepal visit and foreign tourists must have valid Nepal visas."