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Buddhist monks seeking control of Mahabodhi temple shows Buddhism’s struggle against appropriation
April 11, 2025 5:31 pm
For Buddhists, the Mahabodhi temple represents identity, inspiration, faith and sacredness. Buddhists have the right to control it.
Mahabodhi Temple protests: Old discontent, new frictions
April 03, 2025 3:53 pm
Varying conceptions of the relationship between Buddhism and Hinduism lie at the heart of both the historical campaign and the current protests
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.
Buddha Purnima 2022: Date, Significance and importance
May 12, 2022 3:47 pm
Buddha Purnima 2022 Date: Buddha preaches ‘dharma’, non violence, kindness, harmony and the path to ‘nirvana’.
Humein yahan se nikalo: Child in Gaya told visiting monk
September 01, 2018 9:28 am
A case has been registered by Gaya Police on charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and various IPC sections against the man whose NGO ran the facility — another monk identified as Sanghapriye alias Sujoy Bhante, 49.
Bodhgaya temple PIL: SC records Centre response
August 31, 2013 3:18 am
Appearing for the government,Additional Solicitor General K V Viswanathan informed the Bench that the Centre was not inclined to file any written response to the petition
Security at Tata Memorial stepped up
August 01, 2013 1:27 am
Mumbai Police have stepped up security around Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel after several suspicious characters were seen among beggars and cancer patients waiting outside the hospital
Bodhgaya to get CISF security
August 01, 2013 12:57 am
The Centre has agreed to Bihars demand to provide Central Industrial Security Force security to Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya
Key police posts lie vacant as city on alert
July 16, 2013 12:06 am
Even as the city is on alert following the Mahabodhi Temple blasts,two key Deputy Commissioner of Police-level posts in agencies dealing with emergency situations are lying vacant
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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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