Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Buddhism was a faith that was born in India but expand its wings all around the world, mainly in the east. Being the country of Gautam Buddha, the Buddhist pilgrimage centers in India are copious, which pull towards you devotees from India and abroad. India was the center of Buddhist learning in the very old times, and religious sites of those times have become the places of epic importance today.
The Indian state of Bihar, being the focal point of Buddhism, boasts of a number of major Buddhist religious monument centres such as Bodh Gaya and temples like Maha Bodhi temple. Then there are monasteries such as Tabo and Namgyal in Himachal Pradesh, which have a group of Tibetan pressure on them. Similarly, hilltop Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh are one of the supreme living traditions of Tibetan Buddhism in the world today. Also visit the Monasteries of Sikkim, which are one of their types. Some of the northeastern states of India like Aunachal Pradesh also prides in housing some very ancient and largest monasteries in India.
The Indian state of Bihar, being the focal point of Buddhism, boasts of a number of major Buddhist religious monument centres such as Bodh Gaya and temples like Maha Bodhi temple. Then there are monasteries such as Tabo and Namgyal in Himachal Pradesh, which have a group of Tibetan pressure on them. Similarly, hilltop Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh are one of the supreme living traditions of Tibetan Buddhism in the world today. Also visit the Monasteries of Sikkim, which are one of their types. Some of the northeastern states of India like Aunachal Pradesh also prides in housing some very ancient and largest monasteries in India.
There are many places like in Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Ladakh, Sikkim, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, etc., where one can feel the sublimity, which pervades in the monasteries. The list is endless and there is much to see and practice.
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