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Bodh Gaya
Bihar, India · Asia
About Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya sits on the route: 15 minutes from Pahārpur.
Bodh Gaya is in Bihar, India, with about 38,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Pahārpur, about 7 km away.
Bodh Gayā is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple complex, situated in the Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment (Pali: bodhi) under what became known as the Bodhi Tree. SinceRead more
antiquity, Bodh Gayā has remained the object of pilgrimage and veneration for Buddhists. Archaeological finds, including sculptures, show that the site was in use by Buddhists since the Maurya period.
For Buddhists, Bodh Gayā is the most important of the four main pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha, the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. In 2002, Mahabodhi Temple, located in Bodh Gayā, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Bodh Gaya is in Bihar, India, about 7 km from Pahārpur.
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- Population
- 38,439
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Bihar
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 24.6981, 84.9869
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