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5 months, 1 week ago

Satellite images suggest architectural wealth beneath Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya: officials

A geospatial analysis utilising satellite images and ground surveys has found evidence of the presence of "huge architectural wealth" buried in the Mahabodhi temple complex and its surroundings in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya, officials said on July 13. “The study has unearthed evidence of the presence of archaeological treasure beneath the soil of the UNESCO World Heritage site and its surrounding …

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6 months ago

The forgotten ‘crow hill’ of Bihar’s Jehanabad

Firstpost

Visitors keen on the road less travelled would do well to make their way to the heritage site of Kauwa Dol, near Bodh Gaya, and allow the iconography of rural Jehanabad to amaze them A police station enclosed in high fortified walls, and the gate locked from within. Entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave When a heritage site is named …

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6 months ago

Delhi's Nigam Bodh Ghat sees highest cremation since Covid amid heatwave

India Today

With the deadly heatwave in Delhi killing scores of people, crematoriums across the national capital are seeing a surge in the number of bodies. For instance, 142 bodies were cremated in the city's Nigam Bodh Ghat this season, the highest since the Covid-19 pandemic, when a record 253 bodies were cremated at that time. On average, 60 bodies are cremated …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

5 best festivals in India to visit during May for a unique experience

India TV News

India is a country known for its diverse culture, rich heritage, and vibrant festivals. International Flower Festival Place: Governor’s residence, Gangtok Date: May 1 to 31, 2024 This festival combines a variety of entertaining events, the beauty of flowers, and some respectable plantation expertise. Moatsu Festival Place: Mokokchung district villages, Nagaland Date: May 1 to 3, 2024 In the small …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui and Nawada prepare to vote on April 19 in the first of the seven-phase election in Bihar

The Hindu

In the seven-phase Lok Sabha election in Bihar, which has 40 MPs in Parliament, the four constituencies of Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui and Nawada will vote in the first phase on April 19. Mr. Kushwaha was a JD MLA from the Tekari Assembly constituency in 2015 but recently joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal and was given the party’s ticket from the …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bodh Gaya struggles to attract tourists despite its spiritual significance

Hindustan Times

Many holy places across the world earn a good amount of money from spiritual tourism every year. However, Bodh Gaya, a place of equal spiritual importance for Buddhists, is unable to attract as many tourists as it should be. Bodh Gaya struggles to attract as many tourists as other holy places despite its significance for Buddhists worldwide. While talking to …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Atishi approves major projects to improve quality of roads across Delhi

The Hindu

Delhi PWD Minister Atishi has approved the strengthening and upgradation of Ring Road from Nigam Bodh Ghat to Chandgi Ram Akhara signal to ensure smooth traffic movement, an official statement said on March 11. Under the recently approved projects, strengthening work of Ring Road between Nigam Bodh Ghat to Chandgi Ram Akhara red light will be carried out, it said. …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

National Tourism Day 2024: Top 5 spiritual destinations besides Ayodhya

India TV News

India is a land of rich culture and heritage, and it is no surprise that it is also home to some of the most sacred and spiritual destinations in the world. In honour of National Tourism Day, which is celebrated on January 25th, here are five of the top spiritual destinations in India that you should consider visiting. Varanasi, Uttar …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Tejashwi Yadav meets Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya

Hindustan Times

Gaya, Jan 4 Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya on Thursday. HT Image The Dalai Lama has been camping in Bodh Gaya for the last couple of weeks. The chief minister met the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya on December 21. During the meeting, Kumar invited the Dalai Lama for …

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1 year ago

Ganga ‘flows’ to Nawada

Hindustan Times

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday inaugurated the Ganga water supply scheme for Nawada town after formally switching on the water treatment plant at Paura village in the district. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the facility in Nawada, which will supply Ganga water to the households in the town. On November 27 last year, the CM had opened …

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1 year ago

Bodhi Day in Japan: All about the significant Buddhist celebration

Hindustan Times

Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha's Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, becoming the Buddha. Southeast Asian and Tibetan Buddhists celebrate Buddha's enlightenment in May and June respectively, said Judith Simmer-Brown, professor emeritus of contemplative and religious studies at Colorado's Naropa University. It happened …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Vietnamese spiritual leader urges India to start peace dialogue between Myanmar junta and rebels

The Hindu

India must intervene to build dialogue among the warring factions in Myanmar, the senior-most Vietnamese Buddhist monk stationed in India has proposed. In an exclusive interview with The Hindu, Thầy Huyền Diệu, also known as the Venerable Dr. Lam, the founder of the Vietnamese monastery in Bodh Gaya, said India has cultural influence in the form of Buddhism and should …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The Buddhist ateliers of ancient Magadha

Live Mint

To gaze on a Kurkihar bronze is to be entranced by texture. In her 1984 book, The “Pala-Sena” Schools Of Sculpture, art historian Susan L. Huntington was one of the earliest to make a case for Kurkihar being the site of an atelier distinct from the neighbouring ones at Nalanda or Bodh Gaya. While discussing Kurkihar’s metal sculpture, she writes, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Buddhist monk found dead near temple in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya

Hindustan Times

A Buddhist monk was found dead with his body hanging from a tree near Kali temple in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya on Thursday morning, police said. Police said they also found a bag containing Aadhar Card, passport, driving license, wire, key, knife etc., from the body. “Primary investigations suggest that the monk died by suicide, but we are waiting for the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Ghats at Delhi’s Nigam Bodh flooded, facility shut

Hindustan Times

Operations at Nigambodh Ghat, the biggest cremation facility in Delhi, were suspended on Wednesday evening after the water level of the Yamuna breached the 207.5m mark, breaking a 45-year record. A senior official from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s public health department said that a large part of the cremation ground was submerged, and considering the risk to people visiting …

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1 year, 5 months ago

MCD to upgrade its 3 crematoriums; Rohini to get ‘garden-themed’ facility

Hindustan Times

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is planning significant upgrades and will undertake landscaping work at the three major crematoriums it operates, officials aware of the development said on Wednesday, adding that the agency also plans to develop a cremation ground in northwest Delhi’s Rohini on a garden theme. Located along the bank of the Yamuna, Nigam Bodh Ghat is the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

JD(U) leader recites Mohammad Bodh on Eid, BJP dubs him 'chunavi namazi'

India Today

JD spokesperson Neeraj Kumar on Saturday hosted a recital of ‘Mohammad Bodh’ to mark the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr at his official residence in Patna. #WATCH | JDU leader Neeraj Kumar recites Quran on the occasion of #EidUlFitr in Patna, Bihar pic.twitter.com/BsTrWRsMOg — ANI April 22, 2023 Speaking on the occasion, Neeraj Kumar underscored the importance of Mohammad Bodh and said …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Seeing Buddhist Bihar through its museums

Live Mint

I firmly believe that the purest form of an antiquities museum in India is the archaeological site museum. The first two were Bihar’s most famous site museums at Bodh Gaya and Nalanda, set up under the aegis of the Archaeological Survey of India. Of equal interest to art historians is the ASI museum in Bodh Gaya, set in a large …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar: Massive fire sweeps through vegetable market in Bodh Gaya, over 100 shops gutted

India TV News

Bihar fire: In a tragic incident, a massive fire swept through a vegetable market in Bihar's Bodh Gaya district, engulfing around 115 shops in the vicinity. According to officials, the incident took place on Tuesday and the intensity of the fire was such that shops were reduced to ashes within minutes, leaving no time for locals to control it. Meanwhile, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Want a deeper understanding of Buddhism? Here are six significant Buddhist sites in Asia

India TV News

Buddhism is one of the world's largest religions, with millions of adherents worldwide. Bodh Gaya and Borobudur Temple are the most famous Buddhist sites in Asia and provide a window into the rich tradition and history of Buddhism as an offering of enlightenment. The site previously served as a significant Buddhist pilgrimage centre and has numerous Buddhist statues and carvings …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Lift 'liquor ban' to attract foreign tourists in Bihar: Jitan Ram Manjhi

India TV News

Bihar liquor ban: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday demanded lifting of liquor ban in the state as it is impacting foreign tourists' arrival and foreign exchange earnings. He asked Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to talk to CM Nitish Kumar and get the ban removed. Manjhi, while addressing a gathering during Budha Mahotsava in Bodh Gaya, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Why China cannot write off Sri Lanka’s debt despite leniency by IMF

Firstpost

A group of Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka offering prayers at the Bodh Gaya pilgrim centre in India called for Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to visit their country as it would boost religious tourism and thus help address the nation’s economic crisis. At what looks like a relatively pragmatic level, leading economists from the world over have urged international …

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1 year, 11 months ago

China's efforts to destroy Buddhism won't succeed, says Dalai Lama

India Today

The Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama, while imparting his preaching in Bodh Gaya, accused China of trying to destroy Buddhism and said that it has failed in doing so as there are many people in China who believe in Buddhism. It's the same in Mongolia and in China too, though the system sees dharma as poison and trying to destroy …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Missing Chinese Woman: A Spy Story That Never Was

News 18

Mysterious Chinese woman suspected of spying on the Dalai Lama – screamed media outlets in Bihar on the day His Holiness began his annual discourses at Bodh Gaya, returning to the pilgrim town after a gap of two years. According to the Gaya police, the woman was self-willed enough to have fallen in love with spirituality, despite having been born …

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Satellite images suggest architectural wealth beneath Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya: officials

The forgotten ‘crow hill’ of Bihar’s Jehanabad

Delhi's Nigam Bodh Ghat sees highest cremation since Covid amid heatwave

5 best festivals in India to visit during May for a unique experience

Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui and Nawada prepare to vote on April 19 in the first of the seven-phase election in Bihar

Bodh Gaya struggles to attract tourists despite its spiritual significance

Atishi approves major projects to improve quality of roads across Delhi

National Tourism Day 2024: Top 5 spiritual destinations besides Ayodhya

Tejashwi Yadav meets Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya

Ganga ‘flows’ to Nawada

Bodhi Day in Japan: All about the significant Buddhist celebration

Vietnamese spiritual leader urges India to start peace dialogue between Myanmar junta and rebels

The Buddhist ateliers of ancient Magadha

Buddhist monk found dead near temple in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya

Ghats at Delhi’s Nigam Bodh flooded, facility shut

MCD to upgrade its 3 crematoriums; Rohini to get ‘garden-themed’ facility

JD(U) leader recites Mohammad Bodh on Eid, BJP dubs him 'chunavi namazi'

Seeing Buddhist Bihar through its museums

Bihar: Massive fire sweeps through vegetable market in Bodh Gaya, over 100 shops gutted

Want a deeper understanding of Buddhism? Here are six significant Buddhist sites in Asia

Lift 'liquor ban' to attract foreign tourists in Bihar: Jitan Ram Manjhi

Why China cannot write off Sri Lanka’s debt despite leniency by IMF

China's efforts to destroy Buddhism won't succeed, says Dalai Lama

Missing Chinese Woman: A Spy Story That Never Was