SiteLumbiniNepal · India & NepalBuddhistBirthplace of Siddhartha Gautama — the starting point of the Buddha’s life and of the classical pilgrimage circuit.View location →
SiteBodh GayaIndia · India & NepalBuddhistSite of the Buddha’s awakening under the Bodhi tree — the spiritual heart of Buddhist pilgrimage.View location →
SiteSarnathIndia · India & NepalBuddhistWhere the Buddha gave the first teaching (Dhammacakkappavattana) after awakening.View location →
SiteKushinagarIndia · India & NepalBuddhistPlace of the Buddha’s parinirvana — the final of the four great life sites.View location →
SiteRajgirIndia · India & NepalBuddhistAncient capital of Magadha and site of Vulture Peak, where many Mahayana sutras are set.View location →
SiteShravastiIndia · India & NepalBuddhistWhere the Buddha spent many rains retreats at Jetavana Monastery.View location →
SiteVaishaliIndia · India & NepalBuddhistLicchavi republic city linked to early sangha history and the Buddha’s final journey north.View location →
SiteNalandaIndia · India & NepalMahayanaRuins of the great monastic university that shaped Mahayana and Vajrayana scholastic culture.View location →
SiteSanchiIndia · India & NepalBuddhistGreat Stupa complex begun under Ashoka — among the finest surviving early Buddhist monuments.View location →
SiteAnuradhapuraSri Lanka · Sri LankaTheravadaAncient Sri Lankan capital and heart of the Theravada monastic tradition.View location →
SiteTemple of the Tooth (Kandy)Sri Lanka · Sri LankaTheravadaSri Dalada Maligawa — guardian temple of the Buddha’s tooth relic.View location →
SiteBorobudurIndonesia · Southeast AsiaMahayanaMonumental mandala temple in Java — walked as a three-dimensional path of awakening.View location →
SiteShwedagon PagodaMyanmar · Southeast AsiaTheravadaGolden stupa of Yangon said to enshrine relics of four Buddhas.View location →
SiteAngkor WatCambodia · Southeast AsiaHinduKhmer temple-mountain later embraced as a Buddhist pilgrimage landscape.View location →
SiteJokhang TempleTibet · Tibet & HimalayaTibetanHoliness of Lhasa — the Jokhang and Barkhor circuit at the center of Tibetan Buddhist devotion.View location →
SiteMount KailashTibet · Tibet & HimalayaInterfaithAxis mundi for Tibetan Buddhists, Bon, Hindus, and Jains — circled on a high-altitude kora.View location →
SiteSamye MonasteryTibet · Tibet & HimalayaTibetanTibet’s first monastery — a mandala in architecture founded in the 8th century.View location →
SiteMount Kōya (Kōyasan)Japan · East AsiaMahayanaShingon mountain monastery founded by Kūkai — temple town, cemeteries, and forest paths.View location →
SiteKyoto temple circuitJapan · East AsiaZenCluster of Zen and Pure Land temples that form Japan’s most visited sacred cityscape.View location →
SiteWutai ShanChina · East AsiaMahayanaOne of China’s four sacred Buddhist mountains — abode of Manjushri.View location →
