About Bodhgaya, Bihar & Buddhist attractions in Bodhgaya

General Information about Bodhgaya Bihar

Country	India
State	Bihar
Location	300 Kilometers from the holy city of Varanasi
Best time to visit	October to February
Tourist places to visit	Maha Bodhi Tree , Maha Bodhi Temple , Shaivite Monastery, Bodhgaya Museum , Jagannath Temple
Significance	One of the four holiest places for the Buddhists. Buddha got enlightenment at this place.
Nearby Tourist Places	Gaya , Barabar caves , Rajgir, Nalanda , Patna , Varanasi , Sarnath ,etc
Festivals to visit	Buddha Jayanti

Country

India

State

Bihar

Location

300 Kilometers from the holy city of Varanasi

Best time to visit

October to February

Tourist places to visit

Maha Bodhi Tree , Maha Bodhi Temple , Shaivite Monastery, Bodhgaya Museum , Jagannath Temple

Significance

One of the four holiest places for the Buddhists. Buddha got enlightenment at this place.

Nearby Tourist Places

Gaya , Barabar caves , Rajgir, Nalanda , Patna , Varanasi , Sarnath ,etc

Festivals to visit

Buddha Jayanti

Buddhgaya / Bodhgaya , where prince Siddhartha became Buddha . Lies 10 kms away from another sacred Hindu city; Gaya ( gone ), the city where ghosts get rid of this life. Situated on the bank of river Niranjana, a small village, slowly getting converted to a real multinational / multi monastic zone city where one can find either monasteries from many Buddhist countries – Thai, Myanmar, China, Korea , Japan , Vietnam, Laos , Tibet , Nepal and many more or the hotels ( about 100 hotels, guest houses or dharmshalas ) and shops to supply everything to every one – handicrafts, decorative items, flowers, food, vegetables anything you need at a place like this pilgrims as well as tourist place.

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