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  2. Mahaparinirvan Express - Wikipedia

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    The Mahaparinirvan Express is a tourist train which was launched by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on 28 March 2007, to attract Buddhist pilgrims. [1] The train takes passengers on an eight-day, seven-night spiritual tour which visits Buddhist sites across North India and Nepal .

  3. Buddhist pilgrimage sites - Wikipedia

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    The most important places in Buddhism are located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of southern Nepal and northern India. This is the area where Gautama Buddha was born, lived, and taught, and the main sites connected to his life are now important places of pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus. Many countries that are or were predominantly ...

  4. Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, Nepal - Wikipedia

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    The Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery or Namo Buddha Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery about 40 km (by road) southeast of Nepal's capital city Kathmandu and 2.3km from Manegaun, a Tamang village. It lies at the top of the hill in Namobuddha Municipality. The monastery is a center for tourism.

  6. Hiranya Varna Mahavihar - Wikipedia

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    Hiranya Varna Mahavihar is the home of the approximately 800 years old sacred Buddhist text Pragya Paramita, which is restored there every three years. [13] The last time this was done was in September 2023. Ten people worked on the restoration for a total of 25 days. [14] [15] The text is still recited regularly.

  7. Ramagrama stupa - Wikipedia

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    Ramagrama stupa (Nepali: रामग्राम नगरपालिका, also Ramgram, Rāmgrām, Rāmagrāma) is a stupa located in Ramgram Municipality, in the Parasi District of Nepal. This Buddhist pilgrimage site containing relics of Gautama Buddha was constructed between the Mauryan and Gupta periods, according to research by Nepal ...

  8. Halesi-Maratika Caves - Wikipedia

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    The Halesi-Maratika Caves (also the Haleshi Mahadev temple) are located next to the village of Mahadevasthan, in the Khotang District of eastern Nepal, 3,100 ft. – 4,734 ft. above sea level. The cave and temple are about 185 km south west of Mount Everest. The temple is a venerated pilgrimage site for Hindus, Buddhists and Kirat. [1]

  9. Dharma Man Tuladhar - Wikipedia

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    Dharma Man Tuladhar in 1935 Swayambhu stupa in Kathmandu shortly after renovation, circa 1920. Dharma Man Tuladhar's house at Tanlachhi, Kathmandu. Dharma Man Tuladhar (Nepali: धर्ममान तुलाधर) (August 4, 1862 – August 24, 1938) was a Nepalese trader and philanthropist [1] [2] best known for the renovation of the Swayambhu stupa in Kathmandu, one of the holiest ...