Buddhists all over the world undertake Pilgrimage trips to locations that were part of life of Buddha and their religious heads in past. Some of the locations are established Pilgrimage destinations and are well visited all round the year.

Monasteries and Monuments can be divided into two categories. High Altitude monasteries are related to Tibetan Buddhism and therefore linked to lives of the their religious heads (such as his Holiness Dalai Lama). These are spread over Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. These are popular with followers of Tibetan Buddhism, now spread all over the world. 

Monasteries, Stupas and Caves in the plains are related to life and times of Gautam Buddha and his disciples. These are popular with guests from Japan, Korea, Taiwan. 

Monasteries, Stupas and Caves in the Plains

Uttar Pradesh / Bihar

• Varanasi - Allahabad (Sarnath)

• Buddhist Circuit (Sravasti, Kushinagar, Lumbini(Nepal), Kapilvastu (Nepal), Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Vaishali)

Andhra Pradesh

• Nagarjunakonda (Pilgrimage Centre)

• Amaravati (Stupa)

Madhya Pradesh

• Ex-Bhopal Buddhist Circuit (Sanchi Stupa)

Maharashtra

• Aurangabad (Buddhist Caves)

• Elephanta Caves, Kanheri Caves, Karla Caves (Buddhist Caves)

Orissa

• Buddhist Circuit around Bhubaneshwar (Udayagiri)

High Altitude Monasteries 

Ladakh Region

• Ladakh (Monasteries)

Himachal Pradesh

• Rewalsar Lake (Monasteries)

• Dharamsala (Dalai Lama Monastery)

• Nako, Tabo and Kaza (Monasteries)

West Bengal Hills

• Ghoom near Darjeeling (Monastery)

Sikkim

• West Sikkim (Monasteries)

• Gangtok (Monasteries)

• Around Gangtok (Monasteries)

• North Sikkim (Monasteries) 

• South and South West Sikkim (Monasteries)

• East Sikkim (Monasteries)

Arunachal Pradesh

• Tawang (Monastery Complex)