Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal

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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[]

• 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
• - 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[]

• [1] (Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites: Nepal)
• [2] (Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha)
• [3] (Holy Sites of Buddhism)