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Watch | Myanmar President Hlaing offers prayers at Maha Bodhi Temple during India visit
May 30, 2026 2:54 pm
The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, known as the site where Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha) attained enlightenment, is one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in Buddhism. Hlaing is in Bodh Gaya for the weekend.
India’s civilisational mission: Converting rhetoric on Buddhism into economic reality
May 01, 2026 11:25 am
A concrete strategy to upgrade India's Buddhist sites from isolated stops into a world-class civilisational hub is a diplomatic, economic and cultural need
Explained: The decades old dispute over who controls Mahabodhi temple in Gaya
April 02, 2025 2:04 pm
Buddhists want the repeal of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949 (BGTA), under which the temple is currently governed
'Repeal Bodh Gaya Temple Act, hand over control of Gaya's Mahabodhi temple to Buddhists'
November 27, 2024 12:35 pm
Gujarat State Convener of AIBF, Ramesh Banker, said that they have submitted the memorandum, addressed to the Prime Minister, to the district collector of Ahmedabad.
PM Modi to inaugurate permanent campus of IIM Bodh Gaya today
February 20, 2024 11:57 am
The institute's permanent campus features a library named 'Pragyata' with Open Source Software, and a sports complex with modern gym facilities.
Policymakers must listen to women
March 08, 2023 9:16 am
How to listen to women whose life will change by a particular economic or social policy? Simple, ask them.
Missing Chinese woman: A spy story that never was!
December 30, 2022 8:41 pm
Amid the Dalai Lama’s visit to Bodh Gaya in Bihar, police Thursday said they took into custody a Chinese woman who was staying there on an expired visa.
Amid Dalai Lama visit to Bodh Gaya, police take Chinese woman into custody for visa overstay
December 30, 2022 2:38 am
As a standard security protocol, everyone living in monasteries has been issued identity cards.
Five foreigners test positive for Covid-19 in Bodh Gaya
December 26, 2022 7:51 pm
Condition of all the infected persons, who are in the age group of 35 to 75 years, was stable and they have been kept in isolation at the hotel they had checked in, an official said.
Happy Buddha Purnima 2022: Wishes, images, quotes, status, messages, and photos
May 16, 2022 5:15 pm
Happy Buddha Purnima 2022 Wishes Images, Quotes, Status, Messages: Buddha Purnima, also known as Buddha Jayanti, is an auspicious day to mark the birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha
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The largest Buddha statue in India is being made in Kolkata
January 27, 2021 9:25 pm
The Buddha International Welfare Mission has claimed that this reclining Buddha statue is the largest in the country.
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Buddhist monks celebrate life of 16th Karmapa in Bodh Gaya
February 15, 2016 2:43 pm
Bodh Gaya, Feb 15 (ANI): Thousands of Buddhist monks and devotees in Bihar offered prayers in remembrance of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. The 16th Karmapa was recognised for his incomparable merit, splendor and spreading Buddhism across the world. Devotees and monks gathered in the Mahabodhi temple in the state's Gaya city and witnessed the unveiling of the collected works of the 16th Karmapa. The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje presided over the function. He was also joined by senior monk Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang. Chering said that Chetsang in his speech called for unity among all Buddhist sects. Around a million pilgrims and tourists visit Bodh Gaya every year to see the Mahabodhi Temple and also the tree under which Lord Buddha attained enlightenment after going through hardships for six years in the foothills of Dhungeshwari mountain.The Dalai Lama, who took exile in India in 1959 after a failed uprising against the Chinese rule in Tibet, has been pressing for greater autonomy for Tibet within China through a dialogue with Beijing. China has ruled Tibet with an iron fist since the country took over the region in 1950. Beijing regards the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist who wants an independent Tibet.
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