The Eight Great Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage 01 is written by Chan Khoon San. As more Buddhists recognize the significance of undertaking a pilgrimage in accordance with the Buddha's advice, the necessity for a basic handbook becomes apparent. In terms of the great events of the Buddha's life, the basic four pilgrimage sites (Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, and Kushinagar) were expanded to eight by adding four more places considered to be the scenes of four major miracles that he performed, namely I The Twin Miracle in Sravasti, (ii) Descent from Heaven in Sankasia, (iii) Taming of the drunken elephant, Nalagiri in
