Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar, India

Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar, India

Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex . It is famous as it is the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have obtained Enlightenment (Pali: bodhi) under what became known as the Bodhi Tree.

For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha, the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. In 2002, Mahabodhi Temple, located in Bodh Gaya, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Detail link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodh_Gaya

Location:

Place                   : Bodh Gaya

nearest city        :Gaya

District               : Gaya

State                   : Bihar  

Country             : India

Google map link:

 https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Bodhgaya,+Bihar/@24.6991566,84.9676864,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f32c5fbc12ed3d:0x9bbc5dccc57d96e!8m2!3d24.6961343!4d84.9869547 

How to Reach

Nearest airport              :  Gaya 7 Kms and Patna 135 kms.

Nearest railway station : Gaya (17km), Patna 130 Kms

Road                              : Bodhgaya road distance from Gaya (17km), Nalanda (101 km), 

                                        Rajgir (78 km), Patna (135km), Varanasi (252 km), Calcutta (495km) 

Places to visit nearby 

Sl. No.	Place	Sl. No.	Place
1	Mahabodhi Temple	2	Great Buddha Statue
3	Thai Monastery	4	Royal Bhutan Monastery
5	Indosan Nippon Japanese Temple	6	Cankamana
7	Root Institute	8	Muchalinda Lake
9	Chinese Temple	10	Sujatha Temple
11	Dungeswari Hills	12	Archaeological Society of India Museum
13	Burmese Vihara Monastary	14	Metta Buddharam Temple
15	Metta Buddharam Temple	16	Bodhgaya Multimedia Museum