Prince Gautama achieved enlightenment in this sacred place under the Bodhi or Asvatta tree some 2500 years ago and came to be known as Lord Buddha. It is counted as one of the major Buddhist pilgrimage center in India apart from the other three Buddhist Pilgrimages viz, Lumbini where his highness had taken birth, Sarnath the place of the first lecture near Varanasi in India...

Nalanda is one of the oldest known Universities of the world. Nalanda is also considered as one of the major Buddhist pilgrimages in India. According to the ruins it has been found that over 2,000 Buddhist teachers and 10,000 students from all over the world studied the Buddhist religion and its scriptures. Nalanda can be called an international center of Buddhist learning in India. Hieun T Sang who came to study Buddhism in the 7th century left many valuable descriptions of the place...

The ancient capital of Kosala Mahajanpada, Sravasti was the biggest town in the Gangetic plains. The place was believed to be the first missionary place from where Lord Buddha started preaching his religion through out the world. It was here that he made the atheist king of Koshal believe in the power of God by showing him the miracle of enlightenment on lotus of 100 petals. Sravasti, major Buddhist pilgrimage, has the distinction of being the place from where the Lord...

The sacred birth place of Lord Buddha and a World Heritage Site today, Lumbini is an important Buddhist pilgrimage center. Cuddled in the foot hills of the great Himalayas near the Indo-Nepal border, the place is considered one among the four pilgrimage destination of the Buddhist. The name of this place is also entered in the Parinibbana Sutta...

Lord Gautam Buddha, had towards the last stages of his life, advised his devotees and followers to visit the places of Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar. Hence, Kushinagar is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site. It is the place where Buddha achieved Mahapari Nirvana, freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth...

Patna, having a history of over two million years is situated on the bank of the river Ganga in India. Today's Patna is into a process of tremendous change in the commercial as well as in the tourism sector in India. It is the gateway to the places of Buddhist importance like Vaisali, Nalanda, Rajgir, Gaya and Bodhgaya...

Rajgir was the ancient capital of Magadh and the meditation place of the Great Buddha. Ajatsatru, the son of Bimbisara raised a stupa at the fort in honour of Buddha. Presumed to be an important Buddhist pilgrimage site of India, it was here that Buddha spent 12 years in retreat at the Jivkamaravana monasteries in a beautiful orchard. Lord Buddha converted the Mauryan king Bimbisara...