
Location
Where the Buddha gave the first teaching (Dhammacakkappavattana) after awakening.
Deer Park and the Dhamek Stupa mark the turning of the wheel of Dharma; a core stop on the Indian Buddhist circuit.
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.

Buddhist
The classical life-circuit named in the Pali canon: birth, awakening, first teaching, and parinirvana.
India & Nepal

Buddhist
Expanded pilgrimage through Magadha and the Gangetic plain — the four great sites plus early teaching centers.
India & Nepal

Buddhist
The classical Attha-mahathanani — four life sites plus four miracle places of early Buddhist pilgrimage.
India & Nepal

Buddhist
Narrative route of the Buddha’s journey from awakening to the first sermon — a reconstructed walking pilgrimage corridor.
India & Nepal