CENTERS OF PILGRIMAGE (BUDDHISM)

CENTERS OF PILGRIMAGE

The Buddha asked his followers to visit Lumbini and three other places from his deathbed at the age of eighty at Kushinagar.

The Buddha said men of belief will visit with faith, devotion and curiosity the four places where I was born at, attained enlightment, preached the first sermon and where I am passing away .He further said “These places should be visited and seen by a person of devotion and which would cause awareness and apprehension of the nature of impermanence”.

For many centuries pilgrims revered the spot at Lumbini garden where the Buddha was born. Today, pilgrims and visitors from all over the world come to Lumbini the timeless place where ancient monuments mark the authenticity of the birth place. The devoted pilgrims erected many monuments which sanctifies the holy site and testifies the record of the note worthy visits.