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  PM Narendra Modi to Visit Bodh Gaya today

  Politics | September 05, 2015 0:00 IST

  New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bodh Gaya in Bihar tomorrow, visiting one of the most important pilgrimage sites of Buddhists and the place where Lord Buddha obtained enlightenment.During the day-long trip,

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  PM Modi's Bodh Gaya visit cancelled

  Politics | August 08, 2015 11:59 IST

  Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bodh Gaya during his trip to Gaya in Bihar on Sunday has been cancelled, an official said on Saturday.Modi will address a rally in Gaya, about 100 km

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  Anonymous person threatens to attack Mahabodhi temple

  India | July 07, 2015 19:40 IST

  Gaya(Bihar):  An anonymous person has threatened to attack the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, a top district official said today.An SMS has been received by Gaya's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Maharaj from an

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  Buddha Purnima celebrated at Bodh Gaya

  India | May 04, 2015 13:11 IST

  Patna: Thousands of Buddhists from across the world, including the monks, on Monday morning celebrated Buddha Purnima at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where Lord Budhdha attained enlightenment.Bodh Gaya temple management committee organised a function amid

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  BJP slams Nitish for restoring Amir Subhani to PS's post

  Politics | February 25, 2015 22:04 IST

  Patna: The BJP today took exception torestoration of Amir Subhani to the post of Principal Secretary(Home) alleging that he had failed to deal with law and ordersituation during Nitish Kumar's earlier five-year stint as CMwhich

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  Railways mulling train from Kolkata to cover key Buddhist sites

  India | January 18, 2015 9:05 IST

  Kolkata: Railways is planning to introduce a special train from Kolkata to offer tourists a spiritual tour of key Buddhist circuit cities spread across the region where the religion originated thousands of years ago.The train

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  Monks reprise Buddha's walk route after enlightenment

  India | January 10, 2015 14:19 IST

  Patna: Over 400 Buddhist monks Saturday took part in a 13-km 'heritage walk' in Bihar in a bid to revive the ancient route between Jethian and Venuvan which Gautam Buddha took after attaining enlightenment.Monks from

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  Modi to plant sapling of Bodhi tree in Nepal

  Politics | November 22, 2014 12:20 IST

  Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will plant a sapling of Bodh Gaya's sacred Bodhi tree in Lumbini during his visit to Nepal next week, an official said Saturday."The Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) has

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  India, Nepal working together to link Lumbini, Bodh Gaya

  World | October 11, 2014 19:53 IST

  Kathmandu: India and Nepal are “seriously working together” to link Lumbini, birth place of Lord Budhha, with Bodh Gaya where he is said to have gained enlightenment, as part of promoting a combined Buddhist pilgrimage

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  'Bodhi' trees gets a place in Vietnam's Presidential palace

  World | September 15, 2014 17:07 IST

  Hanoi: A second sapling of the revered ‘Bodhi' tree from Gaya in Bihar was today planted in Vietnam's Presidential palace by President Pranab Mukherjee, 55 years after India gifted the first offshoot of the holy

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  'Pitripaksha Mela' kicks off at Gaya

  India | September 09, 2014 12:57 IST

  Patna: Amidst chanting of Vedic hymns and ritual incantations, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday inaugurated the famous 'Pitripaksha Mela' at Gaya, around 100 km southeast from Patna.Hindus from the world over visit it

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  Preparations in full swing at Bodh Gaya for Pitripaksha

  India | September 02, 2014 16:12 IST

  Bodh Gaya: Preparations are in full swing for the Pitripaksha, the fortnight-long festival of departed souls, at historic Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya.The local administration is working hard to ensure cleanliness, road repair, drinking water,

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  Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi embarrassed by his son's sexcapade, BJP demands his resignation

  Politics | August 15, 2014 7:06 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has been hugely embarrassed by his son Pravin Manjhi's alleged sexual escapade with a woman constable of Bihar Military Police (BMP).According to media reports, Bihar CM's son Pravin

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  Karmapa begins prayer for world peace at Bodh Gaya

  India | December 15, 2013 9:10 IST

  Patna: The 17th Karmapa, spiritual head of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhists, Saturday began the Kagyu-Moenlam prayer amid tight security at Bodh Gaya, considered the birthplace of Buddhism, in Bihar, police said.Kagyu Monlam ("moen"

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  Bihar gets ATS, after Bodh Gaya, Patna blasts

  India | November 22, 2013 14:31 IST

  Patna: After serial bomb blasts in Patna and Bodh Gaya, Bihar is set to have its own Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the state government has appointed its first inspector general (IG), officials said Friday."The much-awaited

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  RSS, BJP using Muslims for terror attacks: Vaghela

  Politics | November 13, 2013 20:47 IST

  Ahmedabad: Sparking a controversy, Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shankarsinh Vaghela has alleged that RSS and BJP are using Muslims to carry out terror attacks in the country, drawing a sharp response from BJP

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  NIA chief holds meeting on Bodh Gaya blasts case

  India | August 29, 2013 16:20 IST

  Gaya (Bihar): Failing to crack the serial blasts case at Bodh Gaya even after lapse of one month, NIA chief Sharad Kumar today held a meeting with officials of his agency and Bihar police over

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  Bodh Gaya temple dome to be inlaid with gold

  India | August 01, 2013 12:25 IST

  Patna, August 1: The dome of Bodh Gaya's 1,500-year old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine that was rocked by a string of bombings in July, will be inlaid with gold thanks to an offer made

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  CISF to guard Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya

  India | July 31, 2013 18:02 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 31: Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, which was rocked by multiple blasts, will be provided security by CISF, the first shrine to be guarded by the paramilitary force.This decision has been taken

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  Bodh Gaya: Mayawati visits serial blast site

  India | July 15, 2013 18:52 IST

  Bodh Gaya, Jul 15 :  BSP president Mayawati today strongly condemned serial bomb blasts in Bodh Gaya and blamed the Centre and Bihar government for the explosions.  Mayawati had come to Bodh Gaya and visited