Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...

The Bodhi Tree Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India, is one of the holiest places in the country because it is where Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha, became enlightened some 2,500 years ago.

Introduction Display the image of the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya. Tell pupils ... weeks he gained this understanding and became the Buddha, which means 'the awakened one'. Today, around 376 million ...

Ashes believed to belong to Buddha were paraded through the streets in India. The sacred relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples, Shariputra and Mahamoglan, were honoured in a grand procession in ...

Bodh Gaya is one of the most significant religious sites in the world. It is here that Lord Buddha attained enlightenment under the famous Bodhi Tree.

According to Buddhist belief, before he became the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment under a tree, now known as the Bodhi Tree, in the place now known as Bodh Gaya (‘place of ...

The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya is decorated on this day and devotees perform special prayers under the bodhi tree under which the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. In India and ...

After attaining enlightenment at Buddha Gaya on a Vesak Poya Day (in May ... Anagarika Dharmapala and the beginnings of the Maha Bodhi Society The historic first sermon delivered at the Deer Park, ...