Bodh Gaya, town, southwtern Bihar state, northeastern India. It is suated wt of the Phalgu River, a tributary of the Gang (Ganga) River. Bodh Gaya ntas one of the holit of Buddhist s: the lotn where, unr the sacred pipal, or Bo tree, Gtama Buddha (Prce Siddhartha)
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BODH GAYA: THE SE OF THE BUDDHA’S ENLIGHTENMENT
Konch Subdivisn is a town Gaya district of Bihar. Get the list of all villag konch subdivisn of bihar wh gram panchayat & populatn tails. * konch gaya *
Konch is a Town and Subdivisn Gaya District of Bihar. Map showg the lotn of Bodh Gaya. This extraordary place—Bodh Gaya—is unrstood to be the se of the enlightenment, or “great awakeng” (Sanskr, mahabodhi), of Siddhartha Gtama, the Buddha.
More than 2, 500 years later, Bodh Gaya is a sprawlg pilgrimage town nse wh ancient, medieval, and morn shr, monasteri, templ, and hotels. At the heart of ancient Bodh Gaya is the Mahabodhi Temple Complex, which is by wh shr, monuments, and sculpted imag tablished over more than 2, 000 years. Buddhist nventn ont of the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, 2013 (photo: Triratna_Photos, CC BY-NC 2.
BODH GAYA
Bodh Gaya is the place where the Buddha attaed enlightenment—over lennia has been renstcted and reimaged. * konch gaya *
Siddhartha Gtama arrived at Bodh Gaya middle age, havg renounced his life as a prce on seeg the “four sights” of agg, sickns, ath, and asceticism. Buddhist tradns diverge on some of this acunt but this moment and the place at which occurred, unr the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, is signifint to all Buddhist tradns. The Bodhi Tree today at Bodh Gaya.
As the place where the Buddha attaed enlightenment, Bodh Gaya appears to have bee a signifint place for Buddhists soon after the ath of the Buddha and the formatn of the Buddhist muny of monks and nuns (Sanskr, sangha) and lay people. Very ltle is known, however, about the earlit stctur at Bodh Gaya, and centuri of addn and alteratn make difficult to image how this se appeared at any particular moment the past.
VILLAG KONCH TEHSIL , GAYA, BIHAR
Timele of key events at Bodh Gaya (drawn by the thor). From pictns of Bodh Gaya art datg om the 2nd century B. [2] The stone railgs enclosg a scennt of this tree at Bodh Gaya today likely date to the 1st century B.
In some Buddhist tradns Bodh Gaya self is referred to simply as the “Diamond Throne” (Sanskr, vajrasana), ditg the signifince of this throne to the inty of this sacred se. Bharhut relief wh Diamond throne and Mahabodhi Temple around the Boddhi Tree (om Sir Alexanr Cunngham, Mahâbodhi, or the great Buddhist temple unr the Bodhi tree at Buddha-Gaya, 1892). The empty throne unr the tree often acted as a sign for both the absent prence of the Buddha and for Bodh Gaya as a sacred se.