The most important places of pilgrimage in Buddhism are located in Northern India and Southern Nepal, in the area between New Delhi and Calcutta. This was the area where Gautama Buddha lived and taught, and the main sites connected to his life are now important places of pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus. The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Standing Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, northern Pakistan, 1st century CE, Musée Guimet. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Places where Buddha lived

Gautama Buddha said that the four sites most worthy of pilgrimage for his followers to visit are:^[1] Standing Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, northern Pakistan, 1st century CE, Musée Guimet. ...

• Lumbini: birth place (in Nepal)
• Bodh Gaya: place of Enlightenment
• Sarnath: (formally Isipathana) where he delivered his first teaching
• Kusinara: (now Kusinagar, India) where he died

Other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected to the life of Gautama Buddha are: Savatthi, Pataliputta, Nalanda, Gaya, Sankasia, Vesali, Kapilavastu, Kosambi, Rajagaha, Varanasi. Lumbini (Sanskrit for the lovely) is a Buddhist pilgrimage site located in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Zone of Nepal near the Indian border. ... Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya is the place of Buddhas attainment of Enlightenment. ... Bodhi (Pali and Sanskrit. ... Sarnath (formerly also Mrigadava, Rishipattana, Isipatana), located 13 kilometres from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha was founded. ... Sarnath (formally Isipathana), located 13 kilometres from Varanasi, is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha was founded. ... Kushinagar or Kusinagar is a rural town in the state of Uttar Pradesh, 52 km off Gorakhpur, in northern India. ... Kushinagar or Kusinagar is a rural town in the state of Uttar Pradesh, 52 km off Gorakhpur, in northern India. ... Standing Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, northern Pakistan, 1st century CE, Musée Guimet. ... SrāvastÄ« or SāvatthÄ«, a city of ancient India, was one of the largest cities during Gautam Buddha’s lifetime. ... Paá¹­nā   (Hindi: पटना) is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. ... Remains at Nalanda Nalanda is a historical place in central Bihar, India, 90 km south-east of the state capital of Patna. ... Gaya is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. ... Vaishali is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. ... Kapilavastu (or, Kapilvastu) is a small city in Nepal, the birth place of Siddhartha Gautama(Buddha). ... Rajgir is an ancient town, and has reference in Mahabharata,Buddhist and Jain texts. ... VārāṇasÄ«   (DevanāgarÄ«: वाराणसी, IPA: ), also known as Benares, Banaras, or Benaras (बनारस, UrdÅ«: بنارس, ; IPA: ), or Kashi or Kasi (काशी ), is a famous Hindu holy city situated on the banks of the river Ganges (Ganga) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Other pilgrimage places

Other famous places for Buddhist pilgrimage in various countries include:

• India: Sanchi, Ellora, Ajanta.
• Thailand: Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Doi Suthep, Phra Pathom Chedi, Phra Buddha Chinnarat.
• Tibet: Potala Palace, Mount Kailash, Lake Nam-tso.
• Cambodia: Angkor Wat, Silver Pagoda.
• Sri Lanka: Polonnaruwa, Temple of the Tooth (Kandy), Anuradhapura, Sri Pada.
• Laos: Luang Prabang.
• Myanmar: Bagan, Sagaing Hill, Shwedagon Paya.
• Nepal: Bodhnath, Swayambhunath.
• Indonesia: Borobudur.
• China: Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes.
• Japan: Kyoto, Nara.
• South Korea: Three Jewel Temples

Sanchi is a small village of India, located 46 km north east of Bhopal, in the central part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. ... Kailasanatha Temple Ellora is an ancient village 30 km from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra famous for its magnificent rock cut architecture comprising of Buddhist, Hindu and Jaina cave temples and monasteries built between the 6th and 10th century A.D. These structures were excavated... Ajanta takes the name after the village AjinÅ£hā in Aurangabad district in the state of Maharashtra(N. lat. ... Seated Buddha at Sukhothai, Thailand The Sukhothai historical park covers the ruins of Sukhothai, the capital of the Sukhothai kingdom from the 14th century, which today is situated in the north of Thailand. ... Ayutthaya (full name Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thai พระนครศรีอยุธยา; also spelled Ayudhya) city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. ... Outside view The Wat Phra Kaew (English: Temple of the Emerald Buddha) is the most important Buddhist temple of Thailand. ... Chedi at Doi Suthep Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep (Thai: ) is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. ... Phra Pathom Chedi Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai พระปฐมเจดีย์) is the highest stupa of the world with a height of 127 m. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Potala Palace The Potala Palace (Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ, Mandarin: 布达拉宫), located in Lhasa, Tibet, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India after a failed uprising in 1959. ... Mount Kailash (officially: Kangrinboqê; Tibetan: Gang Rinpoche, གངས་རིན་པོཅཧེ་; Wylie: Gangs Rin-po-che; ZWPY: Kangrinboqê; Simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; Traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰; pinyin: Gāngrénbōqí FÄ“ng; Hindi कैलाश पर्वत, Kailāśā Parvata) is a peak in the Gangdisê mountains, the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia—the Indus River, the Sutlej... Pastoral nomads camping near Namtso (2005) Namtso (Nam Tso, Nam Co; 30°42´N 90°33´E) is a mountain lake in central Tibet. ... The main entrance to the temple proper, seen from the eastern end of the Naga causeway Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. ... The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh The Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, is the most notable wat (Buddhist temple) in the city, and is the official temple of the King of Cambodia. ... The second most ancient of Sri Lankas kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated the Chola invaders in 1070 CE to reunite the country once more under a local leader. ... The Sri Dalada Maligawa or The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a temple in the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka. ... The Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy Kandy (මහ නුවර in Sinhala கண்டி in Tamil) is a city in the centre of Sri Lanka. ... Anuradhapura, (අනුරාධපුර in Sinhala), is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, world famous for its well preserved ruins of the Great Sri Lankan Civilization. ... Sri Pada, also known as Adams Peak or Adams Mount, is a 2,243 metre (7,360 feet) tall conical mountain in central Sri Lanka. ... Royal palace museum of Luang Prabang. ... Bagan (Burmese: ; MLCTS: ), formerly Pagan, formally titled Arimaddanapura (the City of the Enemy Crusher) and also known as Tambadipa (the Land of Copper) was the ancient capital of several ancient kingdoms in Myanmar (Burma). ... Sagaing (population estimate 300,000) is the chief city and capital of Sagaing Division in Myanmar. ... Shwedagon Paya The Shwedagon Paya (Burmese: ) is a 98 meter gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. ... Bodnath is one of the holiest Buddhist sites in the area of Kathmandu, Nepal. ... Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple, is one of the holiest Buddhist sites in the area of Kathmandu. ... , Borobudur from a distance Borobudur is a Buddhist stupa related to the Mahayana tradition, and is the largest Buddhist monument on earth. ... One of the larger statues at Yungang. ... The Longmen Grottoes (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Lóngmén ShíkÅ«; lit. ... Kyōto ) (lit. ... , Nara ) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto. ... The Three Jewel Temples of Korea are the three principal Buddhist temples in Korea, each representing one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, and all located in South Korea. ...

Notes

1. ^ The Buddha mentions these four pilgrimage sites in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta. See, for instance, Thanissaro (1998)[1] and Vajira & Story (1998)[2].

For the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, a text of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, see Nirvana Sutra. ...

External links

• Buddhist Pilgrimage (e-book - the eight major Buddhist sites in India)
• Buddhist Pilgrimage in India
• Buddhist Pilgrimage in Sri Lanka
• Life of the Buddha Pilgrimage 15-29 December 2006