KATHMANDU, Jan. 22 -- Buddhist Circuits.com has announced to start first Buddhist Circuits Fixed Departure Tour from the second week of July.

"The tour will begin from full moon day of July (July 16), 2,534 years after Siddhartha Gautam renounced palatial life by leaving Tilaurakot Palace in search of truth and enlightenment," the tour operator said in a statement on Monday.

The program was launched by Bikram Pandey KAJI, president of Buddhist Circuits.com, during the 1st Buddhist International Travel Mart organized recently in Lumbini.

As mentioned in the statement, participants of this trip will first visit Buddhist heritage sites in Lumbini-Kapilvastu region and enact 'The Great Renunciation' by starting the journey from the eastern g...