Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...

temples and resthouses. Following the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959, Bodh Gaya (alongside Dharamshala) became an integral part of the exile geography of Tibetan Buddhists led by the Dalai Lama.

Bodh Gaya, in the Indian state of Bihar in northern India, is one of the most significant sites of pilgrimage to Buddhists. In Pali, the language of the Buddha, ‘bodh’ means ‘enlightenment’.