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Every guide on the site, grouped by topic. 455 articles and counting.

Pilgrimage and Practice

Why Buddhists make pilgrimage, the teachings and the art behind the sites.

Pilgrimage Basics

Art and Monasteries

Beliefs and Practice

Respectful Pilgrimage

Pilgrim Health and Safety

Reading Stupas and Temples

Buddhist Art and Symbols

History, Texts and Terms

Mindful and Responsible Travel

India

The places of the Buddha life and the great ancient centres of Indian Buddhism.

Places of the Buddha Life

Ancient Indian Centres

Bodh Gaya and the Mahabodhi

Sarnath and Varanasi

Kushinagar, Sravasti and Sankassa

Nalanda and Vikramshila

Rajgir

Sanchi and the Great Stupas

Planning an India Pilgrimage

Bodhi Tree and Vajrasana

Visiting Bodh Gaya

Nalanda Today

Sravasti

Ganges and Shared Traditions

Nepal and Bhutan

Lumbini, the Kathmandu Valley and the monasteries of Bhutan.

Lumbini

Lumbini and Kapilavastu Traditions

Boudhanath Stupa

Kathmandu Valley

Nepal Overview

Bhutan

Tibet, Himalaya and Silk Road

High monasteries and the ancient routes that carried Buddhism north and east.

Himalayan Monasteries

Silk Road and Gandhara

Himalayan Routes and Treks

Lhasa

Great Monasteries of Tibet

Tibetan Buddhist Lineages

Himalayan Pilgrimage Trails

Sacred Sites of Tibet

Sacred Himalayan Landscapes

Himalayan Sacred Geography

Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia

Theravada heartlands and great temples from Sri Lanka to Indonesia.

Borobudur and Java

Myanmar

Cambodia and Angkor

Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia Overview

Vietnam and Laos

Thailand Temples

Angkor and Khmer Buddhism

Shwedagon and Burmese Practice

Laos and the Mekong

Sri Lanka Sacred Cities

East Asia

Sacred mountains and temples of China, Korea and Japan.

Buddhist China

Kiyomizu-dera

Temples of Japan

Japan Pilgrim Routes

Korea Temples