Where do buddist go on a pilgrimage?

Answer 1

Lord Buddha was born in India. He share His Teachings in India and He died in India. Whether Buddha exist or not, the world and what it contains was, is and will be subject to the Natural Laws. Lord Buddha package these Laws and shared His way of life; to be liberated out of Samsara, an everlasting birth and death cycle. To cultivate His way of life we need to look inwards (within us) and not really on rituals. Pilgrimage is part of the ritual aspect and Buddhism does not emphysis much on it. Buddhism is really a mind culture with emphysis on training the mind, of living 'Now' and in doing so we bring the 'mountain' to us instead of we going to the 'mountain'. To go on a pilgrimage is just a historical tour nothing spiritual.

Answer 2

There is no required pilgrimage in Buddhism, such as the Hajj in Islam. Buddhists though do go on pilgrimages to various site important in the life of the Buddha. These include: Bodhgaya, the place in which the Buddha became enlightened; Lumbini, the site where the Buddha was born, Sarnath, where the Buddha gave his first sermon after enlightenment and Kushinagar, where the Buddha passed from this life.