BUDDHIST SITES IN INDIA

India is a land, which produced the great men like Buddha. There are so many places especially in gangatic valley, which are associated to the Buddha as because these places witnessed so many incidents of Buddha's life from his Birth to Parinirvana. The most important Buddhist pilgrimage destination in the world is Bodhgaya. The holiest among holy places is Bodhgaya, where the quest of Prince Siddartha was fulfilled after years of seeking the truth and the saga of Buddha began.
He attained the supreme enlightenment and became 'The Buddha', the enlightened one. Thus Buddhism was born here under the 'Peepal Tree'. The Prince had been wandering in search of supreme peace for long six years hither and thither. But it was at Bodhgaya only where his holy mission was achieved.
There are many Buddhist sites in India. Some of them are Holy Places of Buddhist pilgrimage.