Bodhgaya Sights

  1. Archaeological Museum

    The Archaeological Museum contains a small collection of local Buddha figures, but pride of place goes to part of the original granite railings and pillars rescued from the Mahabodhi Temple.

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  2. Great Buddha Statue

    At the end of Temple St and reached via a pleasant garden towers the 25m-high Great Buddha Statue. The impressive monument was unveiled by the Dalai Lama in 1989, and is surrounded by 10 smaller sculptures of Buddha's disciples. The statue is partially hollow and is said to contain some 20,000 bronze Buddhas.

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  3. Mahabodhi Temple

    The spiritual centrepiece of Bodhgaya, adjacent to the spot where Buddha attained enlightenment and formulated his philosophy of life, is the magnificent World Heritage-listed Mahabodhi Temple .

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