Born at Lumbini after Queen Maya's dream of a white elephant, the infant Siddhartha was foretold by the sage Asita to become either a great king or a Buddha.
The Mahaparinibbana Sutta names four pilgrimage sites: Lumbini (birth), Bodh Gaya (enlightenment), Sarnath (first sermon), and Kushinagar (parinirvana).