Lumbini is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BCE. There are number of historical Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal.

Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal

  • Lumbini (There are over 60 excavation sites including Maya Devi Temple, World Peace Pagoda, Devdaha and Kudan Stupa / Nigrodharama), Kapilvastu District, Nepal
  • Ramagrama stupa, Nawalparasi District of Nepal
  • Koliya, Nawalparasi District of Nepal
  • Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Namo Buddha - Kavrepalanchok District (place where the Bodhisattva offered his body to a tigress.)
  • Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Halesi-Maratika Caves (venerated site of Buddhist & Hindu pilgrimage), Khotang, District in Nepal
  • (Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha)
  • (Holy Sites of Buddhism)
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