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When Buddhists go on pilgrimages, what are the four sacred places they visit?

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The four places that can be visited revolve around the figure of Siddharta Gautama, a sage who preached his teachings in northwestern India.

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Lumbini

The place where he was born. It is a city in Nepal, close to the border with India. There he spent his first 29 years. At that age he had the so-called Four Encounters, in which he encountered pain, death, time and asceticism.

Bodh gaya

This holy city for Buddhists is located in the northeast of India. In it Siddharta Gautama is believed to have attained enlightenment.

Sarnath

After his enlightenment, he decided to preach to others how to achieve this state of consciousness and traveled to this Indian city, in the Varanasi district. Thus was born the first Buddhist community

Kushinagar

It was in the city of Kushinagar, also in India, that Gautama Buddha died and where his tomb is located

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