The Lesser Known Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour Sites In India

There are many pilgrimage sites that one explores during their Buddhist tour in India, some of the most famous sites are Lumbini – The birth place of the founder of Buddhism religion Gautama Buddha, Bodhgaya – The holy place where Lord Buddha sat under a Bodhi tree and meditated until he has achieved Enlightenment, Sarnath – The holy place where Buddha gave his sermon with his few followers and Khushinagar – here Buddha entered into the state of Maha-Parnirvana. 

Now these four sites are includes in all of tour itinerary of various Buddhist Pilgrimage Tours in India. Buddhism being one of the great religion in the world has many more sites located throughout India that you can explore to re=live this religion I n its origin country. Although at present this religion is almost vanished from India, you will still find many of devotees at each site, who are part of people that look after each of their historical important sites. You can find these devotees by the types of clots they wear and their common hair style.

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The lesser known Buddhist Pilgrimage tours sites that out ought to visit includes Kaplivastu – it is an important site tourist site because Lord Buddha has spent his 29 years of life here, it is located in a small village Piprahwa and is at a distance of 22 km from Lumbini, here you will find many Stupas which are very important from historical statistics point of view.  Ajanta and Ellora caves, which are also UNESCO world heritage property has great importance in Buddhism religion, these caves shows the wonderful art which was used during Buddhism religion, it has a great influence over people of that time and further helped spreading the world of this religion among various people. These caves are one of the oldest caves in India almost 800 years old.

Another lesser known Buddhist pilgrimage tour site you should visit is Sanchi, located in state Madhya Pradesh, it was built by the great emperor Ashoka, who also built the great Ashoka Pillar that you will get to see during your sightseeing of various pilgrimage sites of this religion. Here you will many some great Stupas which were also built by Ashoka. Also you will find here the ASI museum which houses many Buddhism related items for you to see.

During you Buddhist tour you will be provided with a nice and comfortable ride along with an experienced driver who will accompany you throughout your journey to visit various pilgrimage sites in India. You will also meet your assigned local your guide who will exploring the history behind each of the Buddhist site that you will visit. All the expenses like fuel cost, toll tax, hotel stay will be inclusive to your tour package so that you do not have to worry about anything during your travel. You can also make special request for hotel stay like some five star hotel or any other kind of request like to visit an additional site. You can take your journey with your friends or with your family and have a wonderful time exploring each of these sites.