Mahabodhi temple

Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., and the present temple dates from the 5th or 6th centuries. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick, still standing in India, from the late Gupta period. Description is available under license Ensemble du temple de la Mahabodhi à Bodhgaya L'ensemble du temple de la Mahabodhi constitue l'un des quatre lieux saints associés à la vie du Bouddha et notamment à son Éveil. Le premier temple a été érigé par l'empereur Asoka au III e siècle av. J.C., alors que le temple actuel date du V e ou VI e siècle. C'est l'un des plus anciens temples bouddhistes en Inde qui soit toujours debout, et l'un des rares temples de la fin de la période Gupta construits entièrement en briques. Description is available under license مجمع معابد مهابودهي في بودهغايا يشكّل مجمّع معابد مهابودهي أحد المواقع المقدسة الأربعة المتّصلة بحياة بوذا، ولاسيما بنهضته. شيّد الإمبراطور أسوكا المعبدَ الأول في القرن الثالث قبل المسيح فيما يعود المعبد الحالي إلى القرن الخامس أو السادس. وهو أحد أقدم المعابد البوذية في الهند الذي لا يزال قائماً وهو من المعابد النادرة العائدة لنهاية حقبة إمبراطورية غوبتا المشيّدة بكاملها من الآجر. source: UNESCO/ERI Description is available under license Храмовый комплекс Махабодхи в Бодх-Гайя Храмовый компле...

Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, India The Architecture of the Mahabodhi Temple The Mahabodhi Temple is located in the state capital of Bihar and is near the River Phalgu. The main temple stands one hundred eighty feet tall with four smaller but identical towers at each corner of the main tower. A thirty-six foot high temple wall surrounds the four smaller temples. The major elements of the towers are decorative carvings depicting the life of Buddha, curved and arched decorative motifs, and niches with statues of Buddha. The towers are hollow, allowing for shrines and meditation areas within the structures. The Mahabodhi Temple is built in the Gupta architectural style. The Gupta architectural style began with Hindu art during the Gupta Dynasty (4th - 6th century) in India. The Gupta style advanced to include free-standing temples, Construction Materials The Mahabodhi Temple is the earliest and still-standing Buddhist temple made entirely out of brick and stone. These materials were sourced locally from Bodh Gaya. It is impressive how well the temple and its surrounding structures have survived for centuries. Related Artwork and Relics The Mahabodhi Temple and its four smaller towers are adorned with sculpted stone reliefs and niches with sculptures. The decorations vary from scenes of the life of Buddha to animals and flowers. Around the temple are niches containing images of Buddha; these are called Chaitya niches. The four smaller temples house shrine chambers that contain ...

Around 2,500 years ago, a young prince named Siddhartha Gautama wanted to discover the end to suffering in the world. He wandered from place to place, teaching his followers, holding discourses, contemplating and meditating. One day, he reached a place near Gaya in present-day Bihar, and sat in meditation under a peepal tree. Gautama meditated for three days under this tree, and on the third day, he attained bodhi or enlightenment. This was the ultimate knowledge or wisdom he had been seeking all along. And it was in this moment of awakening that Gautama became the Buddha, or the Enlightened One. Situated 15 km from the town of Gaya, this place came to be called The Vajrasana throne of Ashoka (left- the actual throne and right the throne and Bodhi Tree as depicted at Bharhut Stupa) | Wikimedia Commons Bodh Gaya is 100 km south of Patna, the capital of Bihar, and is one of the four sites named by the Buddha himself as being the holiest for Buddhists. As he lay on his deathbed at parinirvana (nirvana after death). All year round, Bodh Gaya throbs with the ebb and flow of pilgrims from all over the world, and resonates with the teachings of the Buddha even today. The focus of all spiritual activity is the Mahabodhi Temple, the sacred Bodhi Tree (‘Tree of Enlightenment’) outside this shrine, and the Vajrasana or Diamond Throne, a stone platform made of polished grey sandstone at the foot of the tree, marking the spot where the Buddha sat and meditated. But the Mahabodhi Temple...

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Bodhi tree, also called Bo tree, according to sacred fig ( Ficus religiosa) under which the bce. Several other sacred figs worldwide are also thought to be descendants of the original Bodhi tree and are often called Bodhi trees themselves. Prayer beads made of sacred fig seeds are highly esteemed. See This article was most recently revised and updated by

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A descendant of the vajrasana (literally “diamond throne” or “thunder seat”). Stone railings surround the temple as well as the Bodhi tree. One of the most famous of Ashoka’s many pillars (on which he had engraved his edicts and his understanding of religious doctrine) stands at the southeast corner of the temple.

Bodhi tree, also called Bo tree, according to sacred fig ( Ficus religiosa) under which the bce. Several other sacred figs worldwide are also thought to be descendants of the original Bodhi tree and are often called Bodhi trees themselves. Prayer beads made of sacred fig seeds are highly esteemed. See This article was most recently revised and updated by

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Around 2,500 years ago, a young prince named Siddhartha Gautama wanted to discover the end to suffering in the world. He wandered from place to place, teaching his followers, holding discourses, contemplating and meditating. One day, he reached a place near Gaya in present-day Bihar, and sat in meditation under a peepal tree. Gautama meditated for three days under this tree, and on the third day, he attained bodhi or enlightenment. This was the ultimate knowledge or wisdom he had been seeking all along. And it was in this moment of awakening that Gautama became the Buddha, or the Enlightened One. Situated 15 km from the town of Gaya, this place came to be called The Vajrasana throne of Ashoka (left- the actual throne and right the throne and Bodhi Tree as depicted at Bharhut Stupa) | Wikimedia Commons Bodh Gaya is 100 km south of Patna, the capital of Bihar, and is one of the four sites named by the Buddha himself as being the holiest for Buddhists. As he lay on his deathbed at parinirvana (nirvana after death). All year round, Bodh Gaya throbs with the ebb and flow of pilgrims from all over the world, and resonates with the teachings of the Buddha even today. The focus of all spiritual activity is the Mahabodhi Temple, the sacred Bodhi Tree (‘Tree of Enlightenment’) outside this shrine, and the Vajrasana or Diamond Throne, a stone platform made of polished grey sandstone at the foot of the tree, marking the spot where the Buddha sat and meditated. But the Mahabodhi Temple...