About this place
Site of the Buddha’s awakening under the Bodhi tree — the spiritual heart of Buddhist pilgrimage.
Home of the Mahabodhi Temple and an international monastic community spanning nearly every Buddhist tradition.
Where you'll find it
Contemplating
On these routes
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.
Buddhist
Buddha’s Walk (Bodh Gaya to Sarnath)
Narrative route of the Buddha’s journey from awakening to the first sermon — a reconstructed walking pilgrimage corridor.
India & Nepal
Buddhist
Buddhist Circuit (India & Nepal)
Expanded pilgrimage through Magadha and the Gangetic plain — the four great sites plus early teaching centers.
India & Nepal
Buddhist
Eight Great Places of the Buddha
The classical Attha-mahathanani — four life sites plus four miracle places of early Buddhist pilgrimage.
India & Nepal
Buddhist
Four Great Sites of the Buddha
The classical life-circuit named in the Pali canon: birth, awakening, first teaching, and parinirvana.
India & Nepal
Similar places nearby
Other centers and temples in the same tradition.
