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Mahabodhi Temple Complex

Name: Mahabodhi Temple Complex
Address: Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, IN
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AddressBodh Gaya, Gaya District

Managed byBodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC), under the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949

Today's hoursOpen today 5 AM - 9 PM

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Marking the exact spot where Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment beneath a Bodhi tree around the 6th century BCE, this is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick still standing in India, with its current structure dating largely to the 5th–6th century CE. Ashoka is believed to have built the first shrine here in the 3rd century BCE.

Did you know? The Bodhi tree standing beside the temple today is a direct descendant of the original, grown from a sapling of a tree in Sri Lanka that was itself grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree, sent there by Emperor Ashoka's daughter in the 3rd century BCE.