Proceedings of the Workshop “Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times” at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, 11 – 13 January 2010 The papers in the present volume focus on the observable and traceable aspects of pilgrimage in mainly, but not exclusively Buddhist Asia. Some articles present new, or newly interpreted, data on Buddhist pilgrimage in different cultural traditions, while others throw new light on well known sources and themes. Understudied, or rather under-received, areas like Thai pilgrimage and traces of pilgrimage in Uygur culture are discussed and can be connected with studies from rich Tibetan tradition. Different aspects of movement and travelling and the structure and development of the goal, that is to say, of the sacred site or sites, as they are explored in this volume, give a multilayered picture of Buddhist pilgrimage