• LILA BANDYOPADHYAY
• Dr. NAMRATA CHATTERJEE

The importance and relevance of buddhist pilgrimage and transnational religious networks is described in this work. Kapilavastu was an antiquated city on the Indian subcontinent which was the capital of the faction of the Shakyas. From the travels of the Chinese pilgrims Fahsien and Yuan-chuang we learn to some extent how this tope stood with respect to the site of Kapilavastu, visited by them. Then last year the official explorers discovered in the same district another Asoka pillar, also bearing an inscription. The Hindu-Buddhist dispute over the Buddha’s image, the Saivite occupation of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, and Anagarika Dharmapala’s attempts at reclaiming several Buddhist sites in India have led to conflicting views, motivations, and interpretations.

Buddhist, Bodhgaya, pilgrimage, Kapilavastu,religion

"PILGRIMAGE AND TRANSNATIONAL RELIGIOUS NETWORKSOF BUDDHIST SITES IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.2783-2788, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U83.pdf

"PILGRIMAGE AND TRANSNATIONAL RELIGIOUS NETWORKSOF BUDDHIST SITES IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp2783-2788, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U83.pdf