The pilgrims' progress has continued for centuries ever since the Buddha turned the Wheel of his Dhamma at Sarnath. For a Buddhist, a pilgrimage refers to the journey from ignorance to enlightenment, from materialism to a sense of the eternal. For the pilgrim, the ultimate goal of reaching the destination, that is the sacred place, represents 'Nirvana' or the great 'Nothingness' and becoming one with the Universe. But how does a mere ancient peepal tree or the ...
