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Buddhist holy sites

Buddha's Holy Sites

The Four Main Sites Bodh Gaya Kushinagar Lumbini Sarnath

Four Additional Sites Rajgir Sankissa Shravasti Vaishali

Other Sites Ajanta Amaravati Barabar Caves Bharhut Chandavaram Devdaha Ellora Caves Kapilavastu Kesaria Stupa Kosambi Lalitgiri Mathura Nalanda Nasik Pataliputra Pāvā Piprahwa Pushpagiri Ramagrama stupa Ratnagiri Sanchi Udayagiri Tilaurakot Varanasi Vikramashila

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According to

• Lumbini, where he was born^[1][2]

• Bodh Gaya, where he attained enlightenment some time around 528 BCE^[3][4]

• Sarnath, where he gave his first sermon, and the Sangha was founded

• Kushinagar, where he died

• Gautama Buddha
  under a tree and top site in the list of world heritage sites in India.
• Sarnath, outside Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh — The site of the first sermon and where Buddha taught the four noble truths about life & death.
• Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh — the site of the Buddha's parinirvana and home of many famous meditation & prayer offering sites in India.