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Bodh\u00a0Gaya its a famous pilgrimage places in India , it contains one of the holiest of Buddhist sites. Here is where\u00a0Gautama Buddha\u00a0is said to have attained\u00a0Enlightenment.<\/p>\n
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People from Bhutan,\u00a0China,\u00a0Japan,\u00a0Myanmar,\u00a0Nepal,\u00a0Sikkim,\u00a0Sri Lanka,\u00a0Taiwan,\u00a0Thailand,\u00a0Tibet\u00a0and\u00a0Vietnam\u00a0 have built several temples and monasteries\u00a0 Mahabodhi Temple.<\/p>\n
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The Mahabodhi Temple was built by the Buddhist Emperor Ashoka. According to the tradition, Ashoka erected a diamond throne shrine at this spot with a canopy supported by four pillars over a stone representation of the Vajrasana, the Seat of Enlightenment.<\/p>\n
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Inside the temple there is a colossal image of the Buddha in the “touching the ground pose”. This image is said to be 1700 years old and is facing east exactly at the place where the Buddha in meditation with his back to the Bodhi tree was enlightened.\u00a0![\"\"](\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/budosytyt-1024x780.jpg\")
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According to tradition four weeks after the Buddha began meditating under the\u00a0Bodhi Tree, the heavens darkened for seven days, and a prodigious rain descended. However, the mighty king of serpents,\u00a0Mucalinda, came from beneath the earth and protected with his hood the one who is the source of all protection.<\/p>\n
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The present Bodhi tree is a descendant of the original tree. There is a tradition that Ashoka’s wife had it secretly cut down because she became jealous of the time Ashoka spent there. But it grew again and a protective wall was also built at the time.<\/p>\n
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Many sacred trees in India and other countries are originally raised from seeds brought from the ancient Bodh Gaya tree.\u00a0 People seat under the tree to meditate and pray.<\/p>\n
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Its is prohibited to take a leaf from the tree unless it falls, so people are really alert trying to find one.<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0Giant Buddha\u00a0 statue is a short walk from the Mahabodhi Temple.<\/p>\n
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The 80 ft monument took seven years to complete with the help of 12,000\u00a0masons. It is a mix of sandstone blocks and red granite\u00a0 and it was\u00a0consecrated on 1989 by the’s\u00a014th Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n
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