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Buddh Gaya
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Buddh Gaya, India: see Bodh Gaya Bodh Gaya or Buddh Gaya , village (1991 pop. 21,692), Bihar state, E central India. According to tradition, Buddha received enlightenment in Bodh Gaya. The city has extensive relics of Buddhist sculpture (8th–12th cent. A.D.
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Buddh Gaya, Buddha Gaya, Bodh Gaya
a town in NE India, in Bihar: site of the sacred bo tree under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha; pilgrimage centre. Pop.: 30 883 (2001)


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Ananda Bhikkhu, the general secretary of another prominent Buddhist organisation -- the Bharatiya Sangharaj Bhikkhu Mahasabha in Bodhgaya -- filed an RTI application to the PMO and the President's Office, asking if Manmohan Singh or APJ Kalam had ever written messages for the books concerned in 2006.
GOOD TO KNOW There are irregular flights to Gaya, so your better bet is to take the train, Bodhgaya is 13 km away.
A major aspect of the study of Indian terracotta art of this period is its close associations with early Indian narrative stone sculptures of Bharhut and Sanchi, Amaravati, Bodhgaya, and various other sites of this genre, some of which have been discovered comparatively recently.
 
 
 
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