BODH GAYA "THE PEACEFUL KINGDOM"

MAHABODHI TEMPLE

AROUND 20 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM GAYA DISTRICT OF BIHAR LIES THE MOST PEACEFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD, RULED BY THE ENCHANTING POWERS OF LORD BUDDHA, IS NOW A WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE SIDDHARTHA GAUTAM SAT UNDER THE PEEPAL TREE,NOW CALLED THE BODHI TREE,ATTAINED ENLIGHTENMENT AND BECAME "THE BUDDHA".

IT HAS GOT MANY FAMOUS TEMPLES LIKE THE THAI TEMPLE AND AN 80 FEET STATUE OF THE BUDDHA.

THE MOST APPRECIABLE THING IS THE "PEACE".ITS THE PERFECT PLACE TO MEDITATE AND CONNECT YOURSELF TO YOUR SOUL!!

YOU WILL SEE BUDDHIST MONKS EVERYWHERE IN THEIR MAROON ROBES.

THE EVENINGS DURING THE WINTER ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AS YOU WILL ALWAYS HEAR THE CHANTING OF MANTRAS IN A LOW AND SOOTHING VOLUME FROM THE TEMPLES WITH THE RINGING OF BELLS.  

ITS A PERFECT PLACE TO TAKE A BREAK FROM YOUR BUSY AND TIRING LIFE AND TO FIND WHO YOU REALLY ARE.  

THAI TEMPLE

80 FEET BUDDHA