Bodh Gaya Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)

Bodhgaya, the enlightenment place of the Buddha

Bodhgaya mahabodhi temple is the most holy place for the Buddhist religious people. It's located in Bihar state, India. This is the place where all Buddhas gain their supreme knowledge. Thousands of people from all over the world visit this place to pay homage. Every early morning to night it's open for worship, no phone allowed inside the main temple. It's such an attractive and peaceful place. #2023travelwish #mytripvlog #urbanexplorer #awesomepic #summervacation #celebratewithtrip #travel #india #mahabodhi #visitindia #photography

When can I catch the excitement of Bodh Gaya and take more photos of monks? The annual autumn and winter season is a pilgrimage season, and it is usually the time when many high-pitched priests came to Bodhgaya to speak. If you are lucky, you can also worship the living Buddhas such as Dabao Fawang and Sakya Fawang during the Fa Conference. It is not recommended to go to Bodhgaya in the summer. Not only is the climate hot, but also the pilgrimage season, the empty Mahabodhi Temple is a bit lonely, and even the Nilian Chan River that the Buddha once spent has only a dry riverbed. Under the Bodhi tree, you can find a quiet corner to sit down and wait for the monks to walk past the camera and take the sense of sacredness.

The prince of Kabirao (now Nepal), he decided to abandon the hunger strike and ascetic, came to Bodhi Gaya under a bodhi tree, and sat down, meditating, and finally realized that he was 35 years old. This is the most sacred temple in Buddhism, and its main part is a stupa more than 50 meters high. The predecessor of this stupa was built by Ashoka in around 250 BC, and was later forgotten with the decline of Buddhism. The current pagoda is a new tower built around 600 AD, but this new tower was later destroyed by the Muslim army. It was not until 1885 that the British colonial government allocated special funds for repairs. This became what we see today. After paying homage to the statue of the golden body, all the believers began to worship clockwise around the stupa. The left side of the stupa is the linden tree mentioned in all Buddhist books.