Editing Pilgrimage (section)

==Buddhism==
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[[File:Tibetan pilgrim, Rewalsar, India.jpg|thumb|upright|Tibetan pilgrim, [[Rewalsar Lake]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India]]
Places of pilgrimage in the [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] world include those associated with the life of the historical [[Buddha]]: his supposed birthplace and childhood home ([[Lumbini]] and [[Kapilavastu (ancient city)|Kapilavastu]] in [[Nepal]]) and place of enlightenment ([[Bodh Gaya]] in northern [[India]]), other places he is believed to have visited and the place of his death (or Parinirvana), [[Kushinagar]], India. Others include the many temples and monasteries with relics of the Buddha or Buddhist saints such as the [[Temple of the Tooth]] in [[Sri Lanka]] and the numerous sites associated with teachers and patriarchs of the various traditions.

In [[India]] and [[Nepal]], there are four places of pilgrimage which are tied to the life of [[Gautama Buddha]]:
* [[Lumbini]]: Buddha's birthplace (in Nepal)
* [[Bodh Gaya]]: place of [[Enlightenment (Buddhism)|Enlightenment]] (in the current [[Mahabodhi Temple]], Bihar, India)
* [[Sarnath]]: (formally Isipathana, Uttar pradesh, [[India]]) where he delivered his first sermon ([[Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta]]), and the Buddha taught about the [[Middle Way]], the [[Four Noble Truths]] and [[Noble Eightfold Path]]
* [[Kusinara]]: (now [[Kusinagar]], [[India]]) where he attained ''[[mahaparinirvana]]'' (died)

Other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected Gautama Buddha's life are: [[Savatthi]], [[Patna|Pataliputta]], [[Nalanda]], [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], [[Vesali]], [[Sankasia]], [[Kapilavastu (ancient city)|Kapilavastu]], [[Kosambi, India|Kosambi]], [[Rajagaha]].

[[File:Pilgrimage to Lhasa.jpg|thumb|[[Tibet]]ans on a pilgrimage to [[Lhasa]], doing full-body [[Prostration (Buddhism)|prostrations]], often for the entire length of the journey]]
Other famous places for Buddhist pilgrimage include:
* [[India]]: [[Sanchi]], [[Ellora Caves]], [[Ajanta Caves]], also see [[Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]]
* [[Thailand]]: [[Wat Phra Kaew]], [[Wat Pho]], [[Wat Doi Suthep]], [[Phra Pathom Chedi]], [[Sukhothai historical park|Sukhothai]], [[Ayutthaya historical park|Ayutthaya]]
* [[Tibet]]: [[Lhasa (prefecture-level city)|Lhasa]] (traditional home of the [[Dalai Lama]]), [[Mount Kailash]], [[Lake Nam-tso]]
* [[Cambodia]]: [[Wat Botum]], [[Wat Ounalom]], [[Wat Botum]], [[Silver Pagoda]], [[Angkor Wat]]
* [[Sri Lanka]]: [[Temple of the Tooth]], [[Polonnaruwa]], ([[Kandy]]), [[Anuradhapura]]
* [[Laos]]: [[Pha That Luang]], [[Luang Prabang]]
* [[Malaysia]]: [[Kek Lok Si]], [[Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields|KL Buddhist Maha Vihara]]
* [[Myanmar]]: [[Shwedagon Pagoda]], [[Mahamuni Buddha Temple]], [[Kyaiktiyo Pagoda]], [[Bagan]], [[Sagaing|Sagaing Hill]], [[Mandalay Hill]],
* [[Nepal]]: [[Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini|Maya Devi Temple]], [[Boudhanath]], [[Swayambhunath]]
* [[Indonesia]]: [[Borobudur]], [[Mendut]], [[Sewu]]
* [[Taiwan]]: [[Fo Guang Shan]], [[Dharma Drum Mountain]], [[Chung Tai Shan]], [[Tzu Chi]]
* [[Hong Kong]]:  [[Po Lin Monastery]] 
* [[China]]: Yung-kang, Lung-men caves. The [[Five Sacred Mountains|Four Sacred Mountains]]
* [[Japan]]:
** [[Shikoku Pilgrimage]], 88 temple pilgrimage on the island of [[Shikoku]]
** [[Japan 100 Kannon Pilgrimage]], pilgrimage composed of the Saigoku, Bandō and Chichibu pilgrimages
*** [[Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage]], pilgrimage in the [[Kansai]] region
*** [[Bandō Sanjūsankasho]], pilgrimage in the [[Kantō region]]
*** [[Chichibu 34 Kannon Sanctuary]], pilgrimage in [[Saitama Prefecture]]
** [[Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage]], pilgrimage in the [[Chūgoku region]]
** [[Kumano Kodō]]
** [[Mount Kōya]]
*[[Bhutan]]: [[Paro Taktsang|Paro Taktsang Monastery]], [[Jambay Lhakhang|Jampa Lhakhang]], [[Kyichu Lhakhang]], [[Singye Dzong]], etc