Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gayā | |
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Town | |
Great Buddha Statue The Bodhi Tree Nipponji Temple Bangladesh Buddhist Monastery Maitreya Buddha at ASI Museum Wat Thai Temple Prayer wheels at Tergar Monastery The Mahabodhi Temple | |
Bodh Gayā Bodh Gayā | |
| Coordinates: 24°41′42″N 84°59′33″E / 24.6950°N 84.9925°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Gaya |
| Area (2015)[A 1] | |
| • City | 20.2 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
| • Regional planning | 83.78 km2 (32.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 48,184 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 824231 |
| Vehicle registration | BR-02 |
| Translations of Bodh Gayā | |
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| Bengali | বুদ্ধ গয়া |
| Burmese | ဗုဒ္ဓဂါယာ |
| Chinese | 菩提伽耶 (Pinyin: Pútíjiāyé) |
| Indonesian | Bodh Gaya |
| Japanese | ブッダガヤ/仏陀伽耶 (Rōmaji: Buddagaya) |
| Khmer | ពុទ្ធគយា (UNGEGN: Bŭdh Geăyéa) |
| Korean | 부다가야 (RR: Budagaya) |
| Mon | ဗုဒ္ဓဂါယာ |
| Sinhala | බුද්ධගයා |
| Tibetan | བྱང་ཆུབ་སྙིང་པོ་ |
| Tamil | புத்தகயை |
| Thai | พุทธคยา / โพธคยา (RTGS: Phutthakhaya / Phothakhaya) |
| Vietnamese | Bồ Đề Đạo Tràng |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
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.[2] Since antiquity, Bodh Gayā has remained the object of pilgrimage and veneration for Buddhists.[3] In particular, archaeological finds, including sculptures, show that the site was in use by Buddhists since the Mauryan period.[4]
For Buddhists, Bodh Gayā is the most important among the four main pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha,[5] the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. In 2002, Mahabodhi Temple, located in Bodh Gayā, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[6]
- ^ पत्रांक-213: राजगीर क्षेत्रीय आयोजना क्षेत्र एवं बोधगया आयोजना क्षेत्र के सीमांकन एवं घोषणा (PDF). Urban Development Housing Dept., Government of Bihar, Patna. 15 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ Gopal, Madan (1991). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 176.
- ^ Kinnard, Jacob. "When Is The Buddha Not the Buddha? The Hindu/Buddhist Battle over Bodhgayā and Its Buddha Image". Journal of the American Academy of Religion: 817. ISSN 0002-7189.
- ^ Fogelin, Lars (2015). An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism. Oxford University Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780199948239.
- ^ "Buddhist Pilgrimage". Asia. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Decisions adopted by the 26th Session of the World Heritage Committee" (PDF). World Heritage Committee. p. 62. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2006.