Pilgrimage
in India »»
Buddhist
Pilgrim Centers»
 |
Sankashya,
Uttar
Pradesh,
India |
|
|
THE
EIGHT PLACES OF
BUDDHIST PILGRIMAGE
• Lumbini
• Bodhgaya
• Sarnath
• Rajgir •
Shravasti •
Sankashya •
Nalanda •
Kushinagar
Information on
Buddhism Pilgrimage
site Sankashya,
providing on-line
reservation /booking
for Visit to Sankashya
on discounted
rates, air/rail
ticketing, car/
taxi / coach hire
for SankashyaTour
package , package
tour to Sarnath
and Hotel Booking
in Sankashya.
Click Here to book a pilgrimage to Buddhist
Pilgrimage site
Sankashya in India
SANKASHYA
FACTS & FIGURES
Location:
Uttar Pradesh,
India
Significance:
Where the Buddha
descended from the
Tushita Heaven,
the Sixth Place
of Pilgrimage.
Sankashya
- where the
Buddha descended
from the Tushita
Heaven to
encourage ladies
to become Buddhist
Monks, Buddha went
to the Heaven to
preach his deceased
mother, Queen Maya,
the attainment of
Nirvana. The Chinese
travelers to India
in the 6th century
have mentioned this
place.
Not much of the
ancient glory of
the place remains
today. Within a
deserted, fenced
area stands a large
mound topped by
the crumbling ruins
of a Hindu shrine,
in which the former
image has been replaced
by a small representation
of the Buddha. The
elephant capital
of Ashoka's pillar
has been remounted
on a ten-foot high
pillar beneath a
stone canopy. Another
small shrine nearby
contains a statue
of Buddha.
This
is the only one
of the eight places
of pilgrimage where
today there is no
temple, monastery
or even a solitary
monk.
