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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 ...
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
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.
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 ...
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Nepal for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. Kapilbastu District [ edit ]
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 .
Phamting Vajrayogini temple. This temple, dedicated to Vajrayogini, is located on the side of the hill between the Yanglesho caves and the town of Pharping.It is one of the main Newar Buddhist Vajrayogini temples of the Nepal mandala which include the Sankhu Vajrayogini, Vidhyeshvari Vajrayogini, Phamting Vajrayogini, Guhyeshwari and the Pulchowk Khagayogini temples.
Lumbinī (Lumbini, pronounced ⓘ, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. According to the sacred texts of the Buddhist Commentaries, Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini in c.624 BCE.