List of burial places of founders of religious traditions

Located in Bahji near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh is the most holy place for followers of the Baháʼí Faith.

Gautama Buddha's body was cremated in Kushinagar, India and the relics were placed in monuments or stupas, some of which are believed to have survived until the present.

Ramabhar Stupa in Kushinagar was built over a portion of the Buddha's ashes on the spot where he was cremated by the ancient Malla people.

According to early Christian sources, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre occupies the location where Jesus is said to have been entombed between his crucifixion and resurrection.

A second site, known as the Garden Tomb, located just outside Jerusalem's Old City has become a popular Protestant alternative to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which is dominated by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths.

[9] There exists historical evidence that some of the earliest Muslims practised the veneration of relics, and the practice continued to remain popular in many parts of the Sunni Islamic world until the eighteenth-century, when the reform movements of Salafism and Wahhabism began to staunchly condemn such practices due to their linking it with the sin of shirk (idolatry).

[9] The most genuine prophetic relics are believed to be those housed in Istanbul's Topkapı Palace,[10][11][12] in a section known as Hirkai Serif Odasi (Chamber of the Holy Mantle).

The traditional Sunni attitude towards relics is concisely summarized in the words of the fourteenth-century hadith master Al-Dhahabi, who passionately sermonized: "Ahmad ibn Hanbal was asked about touching the Prophet's grave and kissing it and he saw nothing wrong with it.

Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition holds that the compound encloses the burial place of four biblical couples: Adam and Eve; Abraham and Sarah; Isaac and Rebekah; Jacob and Leah.

[16] The gurdwara is located in a small village named Kartarpur on the West bank of the Ravi River in Punjab, Pakistan.

According to Taoist legend, Laozi transmitted the Tao Te Ching at the request of a border guard before departing from China (i.e. from known civilization).

He is believed to have lived out the rest of his days in communion with nature, and some Taoist traditions hold that he achieved immortality.

Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon is buried on a mountainside overlooking the CheongShim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea.

Map of burial places of founders of Abrahamic religions .
Shrine of the Báb
Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh
The tooth relic of Buddha is placed in this sanctum in Kandy, Sri Lanka
The Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the burial site of Jesus Christ
"Traditional" grave of John Calvin in the "Cimetière des Rois" in Geneva (the exact location of his burial is unknown).
Martin Luther's grave
John Wesley's tomb at Wesley's Chapel.
Mary Baker Eddy grave monument
The grave of Ellen G. White and James White at Oak Hill Cemetery.
The tombstone of Charles Taze Russell
Joseph Smith's grave
Allan Kardec's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris , France . The inscription in French says Naitre, mourir, renaitre encore et progresser sans cesse, telle est la loi ("To be born, to die, to be reborn again and keep progressing, that is the law").
Tomb of Confucius
The Green Dome in the Al-Masjid An-Nabawi mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
Cave of the Patriarchs
Gurudwara of Guru Nanak in Kartarpur, Pakistan