Gautama Buddha spoke of four holy sites that followers may seek.
- Lumbini birth place
- Sarnath (formally Isipathana) where he delivered his first teaching
- Bodh Gaya place of Enlightenment
- Kusinara (now Kusinagar, India) where he passed away
Our earliest surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrims and pilgrimage experiences to the Holy Land is from the 4th century.
- Canterbury
- Conques, France
- Jerusalem
- Lourdes, France
- Rome
- Santiago de Compostela
- Vierzehnheiligen[?]
Pilgrimage to Mecca - the hajj, is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It should be attempted at least once in the lifetime of all able-bodied Muslims.
Bahá'u'lláh presribes pilgrimage in His Motherbook (Kitáb-i-Aqdas). The Most Holy Shrine (the
Qiblih), the Blessed House in Baghdad and the venerated House of the Báb in Shihraz are concecrated to pilgrimage, and it is "obligatory" to visit these places. No rites have been prescribed for pilgrimage to the Most Holy Shrine. The obligation is not binding on women.
See also: Pilgrim