In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a very long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred area or shrine of importance to innate faith. Members of every major religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. Unlike some other religions, Hindus are not required to undertake pilgrimages during their lifetime. However, most Hindus go on such journeys to numerous iconic sites including those below:
Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal
- Lumbini (There are over 60 excavation sites including Maya Devi Temple, World Peace Pagoda, Devdaha and Kudan Stupa / Nigrodharama), Kapilvastu District, Nepal
- Ramagrama stupa, Nawalparasi District of Nepal
- Koliya, Nawalparasi District of Nepal
- Swayambhunath, Kathmandu
- Boudhanath, Kathmandu
- Namo Buddha – Kavrepalanchok District (a place where the Bodhisattva offered his body to a tigress.)
- Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Halesi-Maratika Caves (venerated site of Buddhist & Hindu pilgrimage), Khotang District in Nepal
