Place

Bodh Gaya

Magadha · Modern India

The place where Siddhartha Gautama sat beneath the Bodhi Tree and attained enlightenment. The Mahabodhi Temple marks the spot.

Thinkers Connected to Bodh Gaya

The Buddha

c. 563 BCE – c. 483 BCE

A prince who left his palace, sat under a tree, and woke up. Then he spent forty-five years teaching others how to do the same.

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