Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal

Lumbini is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BCE. There are number of historical Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal.

Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal[edit]

Lumbini (There are over 60 excavation sites including Maya Devi Temple, World Peace Pagoda, Devdaha and Kudan Stupa / Nigrodharama), Kapilvastu District, Nepal
Ramagrama stupa, Nawalparasi District of Nepal
Koliya, Nawalparasi District of Nepal
Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal
Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal
Namo Buddha - Kavrepalanchok District (place where the Bodhisattva offered his body to a tigress.)
Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Nepal
Halesi-Maratika Caves (venerated site of Buddhist & Hindu pilgrimage), Khotang, District in Nepal

External links[edit]

[1] (Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha)
[2] (Holy Sites of Buddhism)