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In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of every major religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. There are number of historical Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India. ==Primary sites== Buddhism offers four major sites of pilgrimage: the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini, the site where he attained Enlightenment Bodh Gaya, where he first preached at Benaras, and where he achieved Parinirvana at Kusinagara. Some Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India are listed below: * Bodh Gaya, Bihar - The site of the enlightenment of Gautama Buddha. * Sarnath, outside Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - The site of the first sermon. * Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh - the site of the Buddha's paranibbana. These are three of the four holiest sites in Buddhism. The fourth, Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, is now in southern Nepal. File:Exterior view of the Mahabodhi Temple.jpg|"Maha Bodhi Temple" at Bodh Gaya File:Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath.jpg|Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath File:Ancient Buddhist monasteries near Dhamekh Stupa Monument Site, Sarnath.jpg|Ancient Buddhist Monastery at Sarnath File:Kusinara.jpg|Parinirvana Stupa at Kushinagar File:Stupa ruins in Kushinagar.jpg|Remains of ancient stupas in Kushinagar 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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