Buddhist pilgrimage sites
The most important places in Buddhism are located in the Gangetic plains of Northern India and Southern Nepal, in the area between New Delhi and Rajgir. This is the area where Gautama Buddha lived and taught, and the main sites connected to his life are now important places of pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus. However, many countries that are or were predominantly Buddhist have shrines and places which can be visited as a pilgrimage. Sites associated with Buddha's life. Four main pilgrimage sites listed by Buddha himself. Gautama Buddha himself had identified the following four  sites most worthy of pilgrimage for his followers, observing that these would produce a feeling of spiritual urgency: The Eight Great Places of pilgrimage. In addition the four sites mentioned earlier (Lumbini, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar), the Buddhist texts later written by Buddha's followers also mention four more sacred sites where a certain miraculous event is reported to have occurred, thus completing the list of ""Attha-mahathanani"" (Pali for ""The Eight Great Places"") in India: Other sites related to Buddha's travels. Some other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected to the life of Gautama Buddha are  mostly located in the Gangetic plain. Alphabetically by states. Please help expand this incomplete list. Chronologically by routes. In the order of places traveled by Buddha. Please help expand this incomplete list. Other pilgrimage places by country. Other famous places for Buddhist pilgrimage in various countries include: