Bodhi Tree
Bodh Gaya, India
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- Type
- Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, India
Visitor information
- Address: Mocharim, Bodh Gaya, Bihar 824231, India
- Phone: +91 631 220 0735
- Official website: https://bodhgayatemple.com/the-sacred-bodhi-tree/
People also ask
What is the history of Bodhi Tree in Gaya?
This tree was originally a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Sri Lanka, itself grown from a what is claimed to be a sapling of the original Bodhi tree. In approximately 250 BCE, about 200 years after the Buddha attained Enlightenment, Emperor Asoka visited Bodh Gayā to establish a monastery and shrine there.
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