The word "Enlightenment" means seeing the things as it. The journey to Buddhapada takes you to some of the important places connected with life and missionary work of Buddha.-

I. Place of Birth - Lumbini, Nepal

II. Place of attainment of Enlightenment - Uruvela (now Bodhgaya), Bihar, India.

III. Place of giving First sermon - Isipatana (modern Sarnath, near Varanasi, India).

IV. Place of Mahaparinibbana - Kushinara, Uttar Pradesh, India

V. Centres of Lord Buddha's Preaching:

"1. It is not that after appointment of the missionaries the Lord sat at one place. He too continued to be his own missionary.

2. The Lords seems to have made certain places chief centres, for his missionary work.

3. Of such centres, the chief were Shravasti and Rajagraha.

4. He visited Shravasti about 75 times and Rajgraha about 24 times.

5. Certain other places were made minor centres.

They were Kapilvastu, which he visited 6 times, Vesali which he visited 6 times, and Kamaasdhamma, 4 times.

VI. The places He visited

1. Besides main and minor centres the Bless Lord visited many other places during the course of his missionary tour.

2. He visited Ukkatha, Nadika, Sal, Assapura, Ghoshitaram, Nalanda, Appana, Etuma.

3. He visited Opasad, Iccha-naukal, Chandal Kuppa, Kushinara.

4. He visited Devadaha, Pava, Ambasanda, Setavya, Anupiya and Ugunma.

5. ... He travelled over the Sakya Desa, the Kuru Desa and Anga Desa.

(Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Writings and Speeches Vol. 11, The Buddha and His Dhamma, Education Department, Govt. of Maharashtra (1992)