Larger numbers of religious people have gone on pilgrimage tour throughout of significant Buddhist sites. The eight important sites that are very significant to visit include Bodh Gaya, Lumbini, Rajgir, Sarnath, Sravasti, Nalanda, Sankashya and Khushinagar.
Each of these important places are blessed by Buddha and represent something unique to the tourist who visit them .As you move to these sites you will find many holy sites to visit, Buddha teachings can be found at each of these places in various scriptures, drawings etc. Some of the sites have been more researched and provide records of pilgrimage done by various famous historical person of past, like the great Emperor Ashoka who made pilgrimage to Lumbini and built the famous Ashoka Pillar, which can be still seen at Lumbini. Many pilgrimage from other countries have also made pilgrimage to these sites, for example the Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien walked from China to India in search of Buddhist books that describe the teachings of Buddha, The Vinaya, similar to him other pilgrims have come t India to seek the divine knowledge of Buddhism religion, all these travel by other country can be found in records that accounts for the famous Buddhist pilgrims.
The Buddha teaching that you will explore during your Buddhist pilgrimage tour are scatted through different countries, in early 7th century A.D. Buddha teaching had a strong establishment in Tibet. Following that we had Muslims invasion across various parts of India, due to which Buddhism religion almost vanished from India, the slow continuous declined of Buddhist from India lasted long but eventually after some time, India had Buddhism religion once again. During this decline the devotees of from other countries kept the religion going and today's devotees can be found in countries like China, Japan, Sri Lanka etc. It is a wonder in itself that despite the various conflicts between 7th to 13th century, the various Buddhist sites remain untouched except few which were completely destroyed. Due to the vast interest of various archeologists and government, these pilgrimage sites have been renowned. It’s almost two and half millennium since Buddha first gave his teaching at a deer park in Sarnath wit only his hew followers, now there are more than ever people from various countries following the Buddhist teachings and many are believing their life as Buddhist monks that can be found at these Buddhist sites.
You can book your Buddhist pilgrimage tour in advance through many available booking agency spread throughout India, a reputed travel agency will let you have your customized tour made to suit your needs of stay and travel , so that you can have a wonderful time with your loved ones. The long history of Buddhism is widely expressed in various scriptures and wall paintings commonly found at these sites that you will be visiting during your journey. The thing that separates the Buddhism religion from the rest of the religions in the world is that there are no sacrifices to made, no deity to follow it is based on pure mediation ad discovering oneself and follow the path of Nirvana or total salvation. Which tour circuit you decide to go the four main Buddhist sites that are must included in your tour circuit are Bodh Gaya, Lumbini, Sarnath and Khushinagar.
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