Home›Subcategories›Buddhist SitesSubcategoriesBuddhist Sites38 of 427 entries in Sacred Sites. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Buddhist Sites." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/buddhist-sites.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Buddhist Sites. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/buddhist-sitesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-buddhist-sites, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Buddhist Sites}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/buddhist-sites}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXSites sacred to Buddhism across Asia, from Bodh Gaya and the other places of the Buddha's life to the great mountain pilgrimages, cave temples and relic shrines of the later tradition.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe places of the Buddha's own life, together with the monasteries, stupas, cave-temples and sacred mountains of every land Buddhism reached. The group spans Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana, and most of its members lie outside the country the tradition began in - Buddhist sacred geography followed the religion's expansion rather than staying with its origin. 2Size of the Traditional SetWell-attestedFour: the places the Mahaparinibbana Sutta names as those a Buddhist should visit - the birth, the awakening, the first teaching and the final nirvana of the Buddha. Later tradition extends the four to a set of eight. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1BrowseCompareSelect all 38Adam Peak (Sri Pada)Buddhist Sites7 linksAjanta CavesBuddhist Sites7 linksAngkor ThomBuddhist Sites4 linksBaganBuddhist Sites5 linksBodh GayaBuddhist Sites13 linksBorobudurBuddhist Sites5 linksBoudhanathBuddhist Sites4 linksEllora CavesBuddhist Sites6 linksFamen Temple (Famensi)Buddhist Sites4 linksGreat Wild Goose PagodaBuddhist Sites2 linksHaw Pha Bang (Royal Temple, Luang Prabang)Buddhist Sites5 linksHsi Lai TempleBuddhist Sites2 linksJokhangBuddhist Sites6 linksKoyasanBuddhist Sites5 linksKushinagarBuddhist Sites4 linksLingguang Temple (Badachu)Buddhist Sites3 linksLongmen GrottoesBuddhist Sites5 linksLumbiniBuddhist Sites11 linksMount EmeiBuddhist Sites4 linksMount JiuhuaBuddhist Sites3 linksMount KuramaBuddhist Sites6 linksMount PutuoBuddhist Sites4 linksMount WutaiBuddhist Sites4 linksPiprahwa StupaBuddhist Sites4 linksPotala PalaceBuddhist Sites8 linksRumtek MonasteryBuddhist Sites3 linksSarnathBuddhist Sites12 linksShwedagon PagodaBuddhist Sites5 linksSongyue PagodaBuddhist Sites3 linksTashilhunpo MonasteryBuddhist Sites3 linksTemple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa)Buddhist Sites5 linksTodai-jiBuddhist Sites7 linksTsurphu MonasteryBuddhist Sites3 linksWat Phra Kaew and the Emerald BuddhaBuddhist Sites6 linksYonghegongBuddhist Sites3 linksErawan ShrineBuddhist Sites7 linksGreat Stupa of SanchiBuddhist Sites4 linksLingyun HillBuddhist Sites3 linksLearn MoreThe Holy Places of Buddhism This group holds the sacred sites of Buddhism, spread across Asia along the paths of the religion's expansion from India. Buddhist sacred geography begins with the places of the Buddha's own life (his birth, awakening, first teaching and passing), and extends to the great monasteries, stupas and cave-temples raised over relics and images. The browser will find the pilgrimage places of the Buddha's biography together with the monastic and devotional centres of the lands to which Buddhism spread. The entries describe each site's history and significance, noting the tradition (Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana) to which it chiefly belongs.Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, 2nd editiontier 1Peter Harvey, Cambridge University Press, 2013View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year