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Bodh Gaya

American  
[bood guh-yah] / ˌbʊd gəˈyɑ /
Or Buddh Gaya

noun

  1. a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.


Bodh Gaya British  
/ ˈbɒd ɡəˈjɑː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Buddh Gaya

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Upon arriving in India on 30 May, Min Aung Hlaing visited Bodh Gaya and offered prayers at the Mahabodhi Temple, built at the site where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

I was in Bodh Gaya in the northern Indian state of Bihar, the birthplace of Buddhism, on the first night of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya is decorated on this day and devotees perform special prayers under the bodhi tree under which the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024

Reverence surrounds the Bodhi Tree, in Bodh Gaya, India; the Cypress of Abarkuh, in Iran; the Hibakujumoku trees, in Hiroshima, which withstood the atomic blast.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

Many of the old sites, such as Râjagṛiha and Gaya, were deserted but there were new towns near them and Bodh Gaya was a place of pilgrimage with three monasteries.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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