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Four Sacred Sites of the Buddha's Life

Lumbini

Bodhgaya

Sarnath

Kusinagar

Bodhgaya, India: Place of Enlightenment

Bodhgaya/Bodh Gaya, the most important BUddhist site, is the location of the Bodhi tree under which the Buddha gained enlightenment.

Today at Bodhgaya one can visit the Mahabodhi Temple and the Bodhi tree.

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Mahabodhi Temple Bodhi Tree
   
   

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This site created by Mary Muenster and Sarah Fendrick at the NEH Summer Institute "Literatures, Religions, and Arts of the Himalayan Region", held at the College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2011.