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Scenes
Meaning
Standing in the shade of the Bodhi tree, you feel the air fill with incense smoke and the low, steady murmur of chanting.
Buddhist accounts hold that awakening was attained beneath the Bodhi tree here, and the temple is regarded as one of the most important pilgrimage sites of the tradition.
Field notes
- Location
- Bodh Gaya · India · N24.7° · E85.0°
- Best time
- Early morning as the chanting begins, in the cool pilgrimage season from November to February
- Getting there
- A 30–40 minute drive to Bodh Gaya from Gaya's airport or railway station.
- Etiquette
- Within the grounds, quiet is kept and shoes are set aside.
Sources
- · UNESCO World Heritage
- · Encyclopaedia Britannica
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