Indian Tourist Sites – In the Footsteps of the Buddha

• Main Author: Batra, Adarsh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: http://www.au.edu 2015
• Subjects: Buddha; Indian; Archeological Survey
• Online Access: http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/abacjournal/article/view/673

Across the world and throughout the ages, religious people have made pilgrimages. The Buddha himself exhorted his followers to visit what are now known as the great places of pilgrimage: Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Rajgir, Nalanda and Kushinagar. The actions of the Buddha in each of these places are...