The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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St Ninian’s Cave

Physgill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity

Coastal cave with early medieval Christian carvings and a continuing pilgrimage tradition associated with St Ninian.

St Ninian

Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre

Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom Buddhism

Founded in 1967 as the first Tibetan Buddhist centre in the West and now a major international monastery and teaching centre.