* Bodh Gaya: place of Enlightenment

* June 6 – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.

During the final stage, the memory of the Buddha himself would be forgotten, and the last of his relics would be gathered together in Bodh Gaya and cremated.

* 1949: Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya is returned to partial Buddhist control.

Lumbini is one of four magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha, the others being at Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya and Sarnath.

The place-name, Bodh Gaya, did not come into use until the 18th century CE.

The main monastery of Bodh Gaya used to be called the Bodhimanda-vihāra ( Pali ).

For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha, the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath.

In 2002, Mahabodhi Temple, located in Bodh Gaya, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A new development plan has been proposed to " ensure a sustainable and prosperous future " for Bodh Gaya, but has become controversial because such a plan may require the relocation of whole neighborhoods.

A small temple beneath the Bodhi tree, Bodh Gaya, built in 7th century, after the original built by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka in 3rd century BCE, ca.

Offerings found in Bodh Gaya under the " Enlightenment Throne of the Buddha ", with a decorated coin of the Kushan emperor Huvishka, 3rd century CE.

Over time, the place became known as Bodh Gaya, the day of enlightenment as Buddha Purnima, and the tree as the Bodhi Tree.

The history of Bodh Gaya is documented by many inscriptions and pilgrimage accounts.

It is believed that 250 years after the Enlightenment of the Buddha, Emperor Asoka visited Bodh Gaya.

Extensive renovation work was carried out to restore Bodh Gaya to its former glory.

India census, Bodh Gaya had a population of 30, 883.

Bodh Gaya has an average literacy rate of 51 %, lower than the national average of 59. 5 %; with male literacy of 63 % and female literacy of 38 %.

* The Bihar State Tourism Development provides travel facility from Patna to Bodh Gaya.

* Bodh Gaya to Varanasi Bus service

5 kilometres from Bodhgaya is the Gaya International Airport, also known as Bodh Gaya International Airport.

* Bodh Gaya-Video and Photo Gallery of Bodh Gaya, and description of how the Buddha spent His seven weeks in Bodh Gaya.

In the great Bengali ballad, Meghnad Bodh Kavya by Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Beerbahu is said to be Ravana's son.

The Mahabodhi Temple ( मह ा ब ो ध ि म ं द ि र ) ( Literally: " Great Awakening Temple ") is a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, the location where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment.

Bodh Gaya ( located in Gaya district ) is located about from Patna, Bihar state, India.

The Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee is the executive body for management of the Mahabodhi Temple and certain adjoining areas.

The Bodhi Tree, also known as Bo ( from the Sinhalese Bo ), was a large and very old Sacred Fig tree ( Ficus religiosa ) located in Bodh Gaya ( about from Patna in the Indian state of Bihar ), under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher later known as Gautama Buddha, is said to have achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi.

The term " Bodhi Tree " is also widely applied to currently existing trees, particularly the Sacred Fig growing at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, which is a direct descendant planted in 288 BC from the original specimen.

A clear illustration of this is the permission granted by him to the king of Ceylon to build a monastery for Buddhist pilgrims in Bodh Gaya.

He is said to have been born near Bodh Gaya, and to have been a master of the Vedas, traveling through India engaging in philosophical debates.

* 6 June-With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.

Buddhist temples were developed rather later and outside South Asia, where Buddhism gradually declined from the early centuries CE onwards, though an early example is that of the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya in Bihar.

Sasai is one of the main leaders of the campaign to free the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya from Hindu control.

Mahinda also arrainged for a bodhi sapling from the original tree in Bodh Gaya to be sent to Sri Lanka, where it was planted in the grounds of the Mahavihara and is still visible today.

About 11 km from Gaya town is Bodh Gaya, the place where Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment.

Situated between Gaya ( 7 km ) and Bodh Gaya ( 11 km ), Gaya Airport is the only operating international airport in Bihar and Jharkhand.

It is interesting to note, in the light of the 16th Karmapa's prediction letter, that the abbot of the Buddhist monastery at Bodh Gaya, in India, the place of the Buddha's enlightenment, sent a conch shell to Dusum Khyenpa at Tsurphu, as a token of the latter's significance for buddhadharma.

The site is in present day Bodh Gaya, northern India.

* Gaya – Known for Bodh Gaya the place at which Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment.

While the Mahavamsa claims that Buddhaghosa was born in northern India near Bodh Gaya, the epilogues to his commentaries make reference to only one location in India as being a place of at least temporary residence: Kanci in southern India.

Similarly, investment in the tourism infrastructure of Bodh Gaya, the most revered place of the Buddhists the world over, is rather conspicuous by its absence.