Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gayā | |
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Town | |
The Mahabodhi Temple The Bodhi Tree Mountain of Ashrams, Vindhya range Bodh Gayā Maitreya Buddha at ASI Museum | |
Bodh Gayā Bodh Gayā | |
| Coordinates: 24°41′42″N 84°59′33″E / 24.6950°N 84.9925°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Gaya |
| Area (2015) | |
| • City | 20.2 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
| • Regional planning | 83.78 km2 (32.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 48,184 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 824231 |
| Vehicle registration | BR-02 |
| Translations of Bodh Gayā | |
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| Bengali | বুদ্ধ গয়া |
| Burmese | ဗုဒ္ဓဂါယာ |
| Chinese | 菩提伽耶 (Pinyin: Pútíjiāyé) |
| Indonesian | Bodh Gaya |
| Japanese | ブッダガヤ/仏陀伽耶 (Rōmaji: Buddagaya) |
| Khmer | ពុទ្ធគយា (UNGEGN: Bŭdh Geăyéa) |
| Korean | 부다가야 (RR: Budagaya) |
| Mon | ဗုဒ္ဓဂါယာ |
| Sinhala | බුද්ධගයා |
| Tamil | புத்தகயை |
| Tibetan | བྱང་ཆུབ་སྙིང་པོ་ |
| Thai | พุทธคยา / โพธคยา (RTGS: Phutthakhaya / Phothakhaya) |
| Vietnamese | Bồ Đề Đạo Tràng |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Bodh Gayā is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple complex, situated in the Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for being the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment (Pali: bodhi) under what became known as the Bodhi Tree. Since antiquity, Bodh Gayā has remained the object of pilgrimage and veneration for Buddhists. In particular, archaeological finds, including sculptures, show that the site was in use by Buddhists since the Mauryan period.
For Buddhists, Bodh Gayā is the most important among the four main pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha, the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. In 2002, Mahabodhi Temple, located in Bodh Gayā, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.