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Buddhism sacred sites in India
Explore Buddhism sacred sites in India: pilgrimage places, living traditions, heritage landmarks, and sacred landscapes.
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Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Amkhera, Madhya Pradesh, India
The Great Stupa at Sanchi rises from a hilltop in central India—a hemisphere of stone that has held sacred meaning for over 2,300 years....
Mahabodhi Temple and Bodhi Tree, Bodh Gaya, Bihar
Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India
The Mahabodhi Temple marks where it happened—where a man sat down beneath a pipal tree and, after forty-nine days of meditation, achieved complete liberation from...
Ajanta caves, Maharashtra
Phardapur, Maharashtra, India
In a horseshoe gorge of the Deccan Plateau, Buddhist monks spent seven centuries carving thirty caves from the basalt cliffs....
Tashiding Monastery
Ravongla, Sikkim, India
Perched on a heart-shaped hill at the confluence of two sacred rivers in Sikkim, Tashiding Monastery is considered the most sacred Buddhist site in the former Himalayan...
Lingdum Monastery
Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Lingdum Monastery (also Ranka Lingdum or Pal Zurmang Kagyud Monastery) is a Buddhist monastery near Ranka in Sikkim, North East India, about an hour's drive from Gangtok......
Matho Gompa, Ladakh
Chushot Shamma, Ladakh, India
Matho Gompa, Ladakh is a monastery of sacred significance.
Jetavana Monastery, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh
Sravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India
Jetavana (lit. 'Jeta's grove') was one of the most famous of the Buddhist monasteries or viharas in India (present-day Uttar Pradesh)....
Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh is a stupa of sacred significance.
Gorsam Stupa, Gorsam Chorten, Zemithang, Arunachal Pradesh
Khelengteng, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Gorsam Stupa, Gorsam Chorten, Zemithang, Arunachal Pradesh is a stupa of sacred significance.
Basgo Gompa, Ladakh
Nimo, Ladakh, India
On a hill above the Indus, the eroded ramparts of the Namgyal kings' citadel hold three temples to Maitreya, the future Buddha....
Bomdila Monastery, Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh
Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, India
High in the West Kameng hills of Arunachal Pradesh, Bomdila Monastery is a Gelugpa Buddhist centre built as a faithful replica of the Tsona Gontse monastery of southern...
Alchi Gompa, Ladakh
Alchi, India
On the valley floor by the Indus in western Ladakh, Alchi preserves the finest surviving early western-Himalayan Buddhist art....
Dubdi Monastery
Yuksom, Sikkim, India
Dubdi Monastery, occasionally called Yuksom Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism near Yuksom, in the Geyzing subdivision of West...
Likir Gompa, Ladakh
Ladakh, India
Likir Gompa, Ladakh is a monastery of sacred significance.
Lamayuru Gompa, Ladakh
Lamayuru, India
Lamayuru Gompa, Ladakh is a monastery of sacred significance.
Karsha Gompa, Ladakh
Yulang, Ladakh, India
Karsha Gompa, Ladakh is a monastery of sacred significance.
Gonjang Monastery, Sikkim
Penlong, Sikkim, India
Gonjang Monastery, Sikkim is a monastery of sacred significance.
Chemrey Gompa, Ladakh
Chemre, Ladakh, India
Chemrey Gompa rises on a hill above its village about 40 km east of Leh, a Drukpa Kagyu monastery founded in 1664 and dedicated to King Sengge Namgyal....
Lake Tsomgo
Changgu, Sikkim, India
Tsomgo Lake, also known as Tsongmo Lake or Changgu Lake, is a glacial lake in Changu in the Gangtok district of the Indian state of Sikkim, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) from....
Diskit Gompa, Ladakh
Diskit, Ladakh, India
Diskit Gompa, Ladakh is a monastery of sacred significance.
Hemis Gompa, Ladakh
Tanglakpurna, Ladakh, India
Hemis Gompa, Ladakh is a monastery of sacred significance.
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