Buddhist monks protest for control of Bodh Gaya temple, demanding repeal of 1949 Act, sparking religious and political debate ...

Bodh Gaya, India — As he stood in a queue outside a makeshift tent kitchen for breakfast, 30-year-old Abhishek Bauddh could not help but reflect on the throngs of people around him in Bodh Gaya ...

The quiet temple town of Bodh Gaya, located along the banks of the Niranjana River in Bihar, is not at peace anymore as the Buddhist community has raised a call demanding full control over their ...

Aptly captured in the theme “Gaya to Gandan – Cultural Security as a Pillar of India-Mongolia Relations,” the growing synergy between the two democracies reflects a vision where soft power holds a ...

River in Bihar’s Gaya district, is one of the four most sacred pilgrimage sites for Buddhists worldwide. It was here that Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of Lumbini and a wandering ascetic, attained ...

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Buddhist groups have asked the Central and Bihar governments to change existing laws and hand over the management of Bodh Gaya temple to Buddhists before Buddha Jayanti on May 12. The temple in ...

Currently, Bodh Gaya has more than 100 monasteries or establishments sponsored by different countries. Post the year 2000, new dynamics contributed significantly to the site’s global identity ...

Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple -- which is at the centre of the row -- has been managed by an eight-member committee, made up of Hindus and Buddhists, for the last 76 years.

and the Buddha was offered a forest monastery here by king Bimbisara. Bodh Gaya needs no introduction. It is the place where Gautama Buddha first got enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.

Bodh Gaya, in the Indian state of Bihar in northern India, is one of the most significant sites of pilgrimage to Buddhists. In Pali, the language of the Buddha, ‘bodh’ means ‘enlightenment’.

The Bodh Gaya Math, the Hindu monastery that performs the rituals inside the complex, insists that it has played a central role in the upkeep of the shrine for centuries and that it has the law on its ...