Luca Reward Points : 300 Member Since : Wednesday, November 14, 2007
hi i am luca and i am doing a project at school and me and my family are very into buddhism we get bleesed every year and i chose mahabodhi as my subject so if you have any good sites for me or information that would be great i have a few quistions for you what kind of food do you have on your menus and why is mahabodhi so special in india thx please right back.
Ragamala Chakraborty Reward Points : 45200 Member Since : Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Mahabodhi Temple is regarded to have been constructed by Emperor Ashoka, who visited the place after 250 years of enlightenment. It boasts of a 52 m tall spire that houses the colossal gilded image of Lord Buddha. In the sanctum sanctorum, the huge image of Buddha looks mesmerizing in which he is sitting in a Bhumisparsh Mudra touching the ground . It is said that the image is 1700 years old and positioned in a manner that Lord Buddha faces the east. Mahabodhi Temple along with Bodhi Tree completes the holy pilgrimage to Bodhgaya.