About this place
Birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama — the starting point of the Buddha’s life and of the classical pilgrimage circuit.
One of the four great sites named in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta. Pilgrims visit the Maya Devi Temple and the surrounding monastic zone.
Where you'll find it
Contemplating
On these routes
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.
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
Buddhist
Kathmandu Valley Stupas
Valley pilgrimage of great stupas and Newar–Tibetan Buddhist life — often joined with a journey to Lumbini.
India & Nepal
Similar places nearby
Other centers and temples in the same tradition.
