After that, you have Sarnath, which is a popular Buddhist pilgrimage since it is here that Buddha preached his first sermon. At Sarnath, one witnesses 14 monasteries 23 stupas, the largest of which is the DhamekhStupa that was constructed in 500 A.D. Here, one also spots the remains of the ChaukhandiStupa that was built in the Gupta period and that is important because here the five disciples of Buddha got together.
