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 to a 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 the Republic of India.

Places associated with the life of Buddha

Primary sites

Buddhism offers four primary sites of pilgrimage: Lumbini (birthplace of the Buddha), Bodh Gaya (the site where the Buddha attained enlightenment), Sarnath (the location of the Buddha’s first sermon), and Kushinagar (the location where the Buddha attained parinirvana). All of these sites are located in India except Lumbini, which is located in southern Nepal.

Places visited by Buddha for discourse

Other prominent historic Buddhist sites by state

All are the historic ancient sites of learning, and the list includes very few relatively new sites which have been specifically highlighted accordingly. Most of these sites have association with Ashoka and other Buddhist kings.

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

In 2021, it was announced that Buddha Haryana circuit will be developed by the Centre for yatra (pilgrimage). Also see above the "places visited by Buddha for discourse" which has additional sites in Haryana.

Jammu and Kashmir

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Telangana

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Tibetan Buddhist sites

By state

Sikkim