Sunday 24 June 2012

Sarnath :: world famous Buddhist pilgrimage


Buddhist pilgrim going for Pradkshina ( circumambulation  ) around Dhamekh Stupa .



Sarnath is 10 km far from the city center, 20 minute drive by car. This is the place where 2500 years ago , Buddha preached his first ever sermon to his five disciples & also founded a mission which is called SANGHA (community).
There are four very important pilgrimage for the Buddhists,  1st is Lumbini , where Buddha was borned 560 B C , 2nd place is Bodhgaya , where he got enlightened , 3rd Sarnath place of first preaching of Buddha ,
4 th Kusinara (now Kushnagar) , the place where he attained Nirvana.
There are few more places where the Buddhist loves to visit & pray Buddha , Rajgir , Nalanda, Vaishali (in Bihar) Sravasti near Lucknow ( Uttar Pradesh), Lumbini in inside the border of Nepal.

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